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Start drinking heavily (3,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hit the bottle

(Other definitions for hit the bottle that I've seen before include "Drink excessively" , "Turn to drink" , "Take to drink" , "Become drunkard" , "Resort to drink" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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