[Idiom] take to drink

[sitifan]

It was during this period that she took to drink.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take to drink

In the above sentence, is the word "drink" a verb or a noun?

 

[teechar]

It's a noun, and it means alcohol.
See also "take to".
https://www.lexico.com/definition/take_to

 

[Tdol]

A less common form would be that she took to drinking.

 

[emsr2d2]

Or "she turned to drink/alcohol".