have a drink

Meaning

To consume a beverage, which can be water, juice, or alcohol depending on the context. In social settings, especially in the evening, it often refers specifically to drinking alcohol with friends or colleagues.

Examples

• Let's go have a drink after work to celebrate your promotion.

  Let's go have a drink after work to celebrate your promotion.

• Would you like to have a drink of water before we start?

  Would you like to have a drink of water before we start?

• We sat by the bar to have a drink and talk.

  We sat by the bar to have a drink and talk.

• I always have a drink of warm milk before going to bed.

  I always have a drink of warm milk before going to bed.

• They decided to have a drink at the local pub.

  They decided to have a drink at the local pub.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Do you want to take a drink with me?

  ✓ Do you want to have a drink with me?

  In English, we use the verb 'have' or 'get' for drinks, not 'take'.

• ✗ I am going to make a drink of juice.

  ✓ I am going to have a drink of juice.

  While you can 'make a drink' (prepare it), the action of consuming it is 'have a drink'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• It is very hot outside; you should ___ of water.

  💡 Consume some liquid.

  Show answer

  have a drink

• Would you like to ___ with us at the pub tonight?

  💡 Go out for a beverage, likely alcoholic.

  Show answer

  have a drink