drinking habit

collocation in English

meaningsofdrinkingandhabit

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drinking
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈdrɪŋ.kɪŋ/
the activity of ...
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habit
noun
uk
/ˈhæb.ɪt/us
/ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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(Definition ofdrinkingandhabitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdrinking habit

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From that point on, he apparently developed a baddrinkinghabitand struggled with various health problems.
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Some of us have not possibly acquired the milkdrinkinghabit.
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Just concentrated on hisdrinkinghabitagain.
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He is struggling with adrinkinghabit.
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I have not much faith in the man who says that fresh air will save us from thedrinkinghabit.
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One cannot drink 15 pints a night unless one has had adrinkinghabitfor a considerable time.
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The milk-in-schools scheme was initiated with a view to encouraging the milkdrinkinghabitin children.
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He had adrinkinghabit, resulting in a somewhat high-pitched voice when under influence.
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She often leaves a trail of destruction when she fights and along with adrinkinghabit.
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I tend to share the view that, while changes in patterns ofdrinkinghabitwill ensue, it does not follow that consumption of alcohol in total will increase.
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We want to get the beerdrinkinghabitinstilled into thousands, almost millions of young men, who do not at present know the taste of beer.
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He was already developing adrinkinghabitof his own and the arrival of a baby boy into the family brings its own stresses and strains.
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It will add to the numbers every year who take up prematurely thedrinkinghabitand the number of those who begin to indulge in it to excess.
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Gyk was a strict and intelligent person, though rather morose and sickly, and his baddrinkinghabitworsened his health.
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Her father is a drunk and rude character who made her perform on the streets to fund hisdrinkinghabit.
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Some people think it wrong that we should deprive children of the regular provision of one-third of a pint of milk a day, which encourages the milkdrinkinghabit.
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Much useful pioneering work has been done by the probation service and the voluntary sector on rehabilitating drink-drivers and others with adrinkinghabitthat gets out of control.
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I believe that any good shopkeeper would say that he would much prefer not to sell these chocolates to young people if that would start them on thedrinkinghabit.
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The second verse of the song in the video depicts the wife starting adrinkinghabitclose to that of her late husband.
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However, he gradually gave up his smoking anddrinkinghabitwhen he was dangerously ill during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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