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to be allowed to buy alcoholic beverages in a shop. Primarily refers to concerns about age - the shopkeeper either believes you are old enough to buy it (regardless of whether or not you actually are) or doesn't care eno…

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  1. to be allowed to buy alcoholic beverages in a shop. Primarily refers to concerns about age - the shopkeeper either believes you are old enough to buy it (regardless of whether or not you actually are) or doesn't care enough about drinking age restrictions to make a fuss. > Remember that shop where we used to get sold every weekend? > Ugh, I forgot to bring my ID and I couldn't get sold anywhere.