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Overdo it grabbing empty bottles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

binge

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'overdo' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'it grabbing empty bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates a hidden word (bottling is a kind of containing).
'BINGE' is hidden in the letters of 'it grabbing empty'.

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(Other definitions for binge that I've seen before include "Bust" , "Drinking spree" , "Drunken spree" , "drunken revelry" , "Wild spree" .)

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