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Relax, popping ecstasy in each drink

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ease up

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'relax' is the definition.
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'popping ecstasy in each drink' is the wordplay.
'popping' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ecstasy' becomes 'e' (informal term for the drug).
'in each' becomes 'ea' (I am not sure about the 'in' bit.**).
'drink' becomes 'sup' (I've seen this before).
'ea'+'sup'='easup'
'e' placed within 'easup' is 'EASE UP'.

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