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hit the sack

verb

prepare for sleep

- I usually turn in at midnight

- He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

• Syn:

• Hyponyms: ↑bed down, ↑bunk down

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s

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(informal)

GO TO BED, retire, go to sleep; informal turn in, hit the hay.

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phrasal

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hit the sack see ↑hit the hay above.

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Main Entry: ↑hit

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hit the sack (slang)

To go to bed

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Main Entry: ↑sack

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hit the sack/hay/informal phrase

to go to bed

Thesaurus: going to bed, getting up and staying in bed_hyponym to sleep, or to go to sleep_synonym

Main entry: hit

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see sack I

informal go to bed

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hit the ˈhay/ˈsack idiom

(informal) to go to bed

Main entry: ↑hit_idiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.