die Kante geben

== German == === Etymology === First attested in 1981 in the non-reflexive sense, from which the reflexive sense of getting drunk might derive by way of "defeating oneself". Influence from Kanne (“jug, drink, bottle (of alcohol)”) is possible. === Pronunciation === === Verb === die Kante geben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt die Kante, past tense gab die Kante, past participle die Kante gegeben, auxiliary haben) (colloquial) (dated) to overwhelm, to show who's boss [with dative ‘someone’] (dative, reflexive) to get hammered Synonym: See: Thesaurus:betrinken ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “sich die Kante geben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)