come the acid

English

Alternative forms

• come the old acid

Pronunciation

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Verb

come the acid (third-person singular simple present comes the acid, present participle coming the acid, simple past came the acid, past participle come the acid)

1. (slang, obsolete) To exaggerate.
2. (slang, dated) To make oneself unpleasant, especially by sarcasm.
   • 1970, Richard Llewellyn, None But the Lonely Heart, page 435:

     Proper scrapper, old Ma. Nobody never come the acid with her.

   • 1988, Raymond Derek, The Devil's Home on Leave, page 22:

     'I know,' I said, 'but don't come the acid with me, friend.'

References

• Partridge, Dictionary of Slang, 7th Ed.