stone sober

stone sober

Completely sober; not intoxicated to any degree by drugs or alcohol. I'm stone sober, so I'll drive us home. No, I'm not high—I've been stone sober from the day I started working here!

See also: sober, stone

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stone(–cold) sober

 and cold sober

absolutely sober. I am stone-cold sober, or I will be by morning anyway. I found the secret to waking up cold sober. Don't drink.

See also: sober, stone

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

stone sober

verb

See stone cold sober

See also: sober, stone

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