WordNet
drain the cup
v. drink to the last drop; "drink up--there's more wine coming" [syn: drink up]
Usage examples of "drain the cup".
When the meal was done, if there were lovers there, the youngest of them would drain the cup together in Her name.
The same table also harbored the single camplight, whose soft glow, unshaded now, caught Mikhy el's pale face as he pushed himself up on one elbow to drain the cup.
It was very hard for him to drink in that position, since he couldn't lift his head straight up, let alone tip it back to drain the cup.
The crone admonished her to drain the cup without lingering, and to enter the tent where her master lay.