hitting the bottle (Meaning)

to fire a quantity of mixed fuel and air in the cylinders (see cylinder sense 2b), to achieve great success, an instance of connecting to a particular website, to arrive with a forceful effect, to come upon, a stroke of luck, to become notably and unexpectedly successful, base hit, to give vent to a burst of anger or angry protest, to begin or proceed quickly, energetically, or effectively, to affect as if by a blow, to deal another card to (as in blackjack), to reach a limiting point or situation at which progress or success ceases, a telling or critical remark, an instance of a computer user connecting to a given website, strike sense 11b, bat sense 1, to set out, to strike (something, such as a ball) with an object (such as a bat, club, or racket) so as to impart or redirect motion, a premeditated murder committed especially by a member of a crime syndicate (see syndicate entry 1 sense 3c), to make especially sexual overtures to, to strike something aimed at, to strike a blow, to arrive or appear at, in, or on, a single dose of a narcotic drug, to strike usually with force, to cause to come into contact, to reach or strike (something, such as a target) especially for a score in a game or contest, leave, travel, to discover or meet especially by chance, to make or bring into contact with something, to get along well, attack, to indulge in excessively, to get to, a successful match in a computer search, to reach the point of physical exhaustion during strenuous activity, to affect especially detrimentally, to give complete or special satisfaction, a blow striking an object aimed at, to fire the charge in the cylinders, blow entry 4 sense 1, collision, to be in agreement, to come in quick forceful contact with, to touch on or at the most important points or places, to come into contact with something, an act or instance of striking or forcefully coming in contact with someone or something, to succeed in attaining or coming up with something, to apply forcefully or suddenly, to go to bed, to deliver (something, such as a blow) by action, a quantity of a drug ingested at one time, to make a request of, to bite at or on, to reach with or as if with a sudden blow, reach, attain, to reflect accurately, a successful match in a search (as of a computer database or the Internet), bat sense 2b, to be exactly right, to have a major usually undesirable impact, to study especially with intensity, to arrive with a forceful effect like that of a blow, a great success, attack entry 1 sense 1, to accord with