hit the sauce

hit the sauce (third-person singular simple present hits the sauce, present participle hitting the sauce, simple past and past participle hit the sauce)

1. Synonym of hit the bottle
   • 2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 120:

     Pat Crowley's been hitting the sauce pretty hard since Karen split, and he's got no head for it.

   • 2009, Christina Perozzi & Hallie Beaune, The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, →ISBN:

     If you've done all you can, and everyone still hit the sauce a little too hard, take their keys, call them a cab, offer them the couch, or give them a ride if you are sober

   • 2012, Analiese Douchay, The Flight of the Wood Nymphe, →ISBN:

     She adored him and never said an unkind word about him, although she said he hit the sauce every now and again.