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Drinkers' struggle.


WORKERS who struggle into the office with a hangover waste two hours of the day as they try to recover from the previous evening's drinking, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 a new report. One in four adults admitted they had been sick at work the morning after a session, sometimes throwing up in the staff car park before getting anywhere near their desk. A poll of 2,000 workers by hotel chain Travelodge showed that almost half had fallen asleep at their desk as a result of feeling hungover. One in four crept crept  
v.
Past tense and past participle of creep.


crept
Verb

the past of creep

crept creep
 off to the loo to grab 40 winks, one in 10 had a sleep in their car and a few crashed out in the stationery cupboard.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Dec 15, 2006
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