Suggesting the motion of an arm raising a glass to drink.
bendone'selbow (third-person singular simple presentbends one's elbow,present participlebending one's elbow,simple past and past participlebent one's elbow)
- (idiomatic) To drinkalcoholic beverages, especially at apublic house orbar.
2002, Jacques Stephen Alexis,In the Flicker of an Eyelid, page32:One day is no worse than the next for El Caucho; so it's a whim when he startsbending his elbow or ties one on. When he is really "plastered," El Caucho looks grim, but he isn't really nasty.
