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binge

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binge and purge
to overeat and vomit, alternatively and repeatedly. (A symptom of the condition called bulimia.) She had binged and purged a number of times before she finally sought help from a doctor. Terry had been bingeing and purging for a number of years and was very, very thin.
See also: and, purge

go on a binge

to do too much of something, especially to drink too much. Jane went on a binge last night and is very sick this morning. Bill loves to spend money on clothes. He's out on a binge right now—buying everything in sight.


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The research also showed that levels of binge drinking among young women were 'worryingly high', with 16% of 14-17-year-olds and 41% of 18-24-year-olds reporting that they had consumed seven or more drinks in a single session in the month before the study.
Were it not for the lucrative $149,000 settlement Montes got as a Rampart victim, he might not have gone on a crack cocaine binge that led to the killing of a man in Palmdale in 2004.
Following a year in which grilling holidays all generated very solid beef demand, retailers appear to be gearing up for another beef buying binge for the Labor Day weekend.
 
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