(slang, dated) To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of being drunk.
1952, The New Yorker (volume 28, part 4, page 28)
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(slang, dated) To fight or beat up (someone).
: We get along good all the time, me and the missus, but honest to God I wish she would let me alone for at least an hour in the morning until I pull myself together if I hung one on the night before.
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(slang) To burden or assign a take to (someone).
1952, The New Yorker (volume 28, part 4, page 28)
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