Break for drinks, say (5)
I believe the answer is:
lapse
'break' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'drinks say' is the wordplay.
'drinks' becomes 'laps' (lapping is a kind of drinking).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'laps' is a homophone of 'LAPSE'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for lapse that I've seen before include "Negligence" , "Fall back" , "Brief (memory) failure" , "Brief failure (of concentration)" , "Slight error due to forgetfulness" .)