Drink-driving

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable

    "A man has been arrested in Huoshan county near Luan for drink-driving after he rang up the police by mistake and then challenged an officer to a fight,[…]"

  2. 2
    A criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds the legal limit. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable

    "A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink-driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday."

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drunk driving

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"Tom had his driving licence taken away for drink-driving."

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