tie one on

== English == === Etymology === From earlier tie a bun on, where bun means “bender, drunken spree” and probably comes from bung. First attested in the 1940s. === Pronunciation === === Verb === tie one on (third-person singular simple present ties one on, present participle tying one on, simple past and past participle tied one on) (idiomatic, colloquial, dated) To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk Synonym: hang one on === See also === Thesaurus:drunk === References === === Further reading === “tie one on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.