on the wagon vs withered

on the wagon

prep
  • Abstaining from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up (as opposed to never having partaken); teetotal. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, wagon. 

  • Maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from some other undesirable habit. 

withered

adj
  • Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water. 

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