Victory by English? Drink! (4)
I believe the answer is:
wine
'drink' is the definition.
(wine is a kind of drink)
'victory by english?' is the wordplay.
'victory' becomes 'win' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'english?' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'win'+'e'='WINE'
(Other definitions for wine that I've seen before include "Colour" , "an answer to all clues, initially" , "Alcoholic drink" , "Vino" , "Rich red" .)