Related Clues:

• Chugged, perhaps
• Had some water
• Quaffed
• Drank until stinking drunk
• Had a spirited session?
• Took a lot of punches?
• Drank heavily
• Bent one's elbow
• The doctor began to be no teetotaller
• Took a sip
• Didn't pass the bar?
• Knocked back a few
• Largely drank up a store of supplies
• Acted like a sponge
• Lifted one's spirits?