to finish one's drink.

(transitive) To drink more alcohol than (someone) while remaining relatively sober.

Subjected to the death sentence previously passed on those guilty of high treason. / (figuratively) Savagely attacked, subjected to an attempt to destroy utterly.

Any mechanism that uses a continuous belt through which power is transmitted.

(physics, meteorology) The gravity-induced downslope flow of relatively cold air. Winds thus produced are called gravity winds.

(simile) To drink (especially alcohol) heavily and in excess.

Any treatment of an ore used to concentrate its valuable constituents (minerals) into products (concentrate) of smaller bulk, and simultaneously to collect the worthless material (gangue) into discardable waste (tailings).

(idiomatic) Write and send (someone) a note or telegram.

Protracted, extending for a great period of time.

(idiomatic, informal, derogatory) An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person.