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hit the hay
verb
prepare for sleep
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I usually turn in at midnight

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He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

• Syn:
↑go to bed, ↑turn in, ↑bed, ↑crawl in, ↑kip down, ↑hit the sack, ↑sack out, ↑go to sleep, ↑retire
• Ant: ↑turn out (for: ↑turn in), ↑get up (for: ↑go to bed)
• Hyponyms: ↑bed down, ↑bunk down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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phrasal or hit the sack
slang : to go to bed

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hit the hay (slang)
To go to bed
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Main Entry: ↑hay

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hit the sack/hay/informal phrase
to go to bed
Thesaurus: going to bed, getting up and staying in bedhyponym to sleep, or to go to sleepsynonym
Main entry: hit

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I
informal go to bed
II
see hay I

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hit the hay — see ↑hit, 1
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Main Entry: ↑hay
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hit the hay (or hit the sack)
informal : to go to bed

I'm tired. I'm going to hit the hay.

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Main Entry: ↑hit

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hit the ˈhay/ˈsack idiom
(informal) to go to bed
Main entry: ↑hitidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.