wet (one's) whistle
To take a drink

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wet one's whistle
(have a drink (especially alcohol) (one's whistle is one's throat))

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wet whistle
wet (your) whistle
[old-fashioned]
to have a drink, especially an alcoholic drink.
You must be thirsty after all that work - would you care to wet your whistle?

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wet one's whistle
have a drink (especially alcohol) (one's whistle is one's throat)
They decided to stop at a bar on their way home from work to wet their whistle.

I stopped at a small cafe near the beach in order to wet my whistle.

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wet one's whistle
v. phr., slang To have a drink, especially of liquor.
Uncle Willie told John to wait outside for a minute while he went in to the cafe to wet his whistle.

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