get a load on

slang To get drunk. Primarily heard in US. Want to go to the bar tonight? I need to get a load on after this disaster of a day. Yikes, I must have gotten a load on if I did karaoke at the bar last night! Let's go get a load on and forget our stupid ex-boyfriends even exist!

get (or have) a load on

become drunk. US informal

See also: get, load, on

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See also:

have an edge on
have an edge on (someone or something)
have, etc. an/the edge on/over somebody/something
be (as) drunk as a biled owl
(as) drunk as a biled owl
(as) drunk as an owl
be (as) drunk as a boiled owl
(as) drunk as a boiled owl
(as) drunk as a hoot owl
all mops and brooms

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