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hit the sack
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  hit the sack - prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, kip down, sack out, turn in, bed, retirebed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight" |
Translationshit the sack
hit the sackTo get into bed and go to sleep. I have to get up early for work tomorrow, so I think I'd better hit the sack.See also: hit, sackhit the sack INFORMAL or hit the hay mainly AMERICAN, INFORMALIf someone hits the sack, they go to bed. We were tired, so we only half-unpacked the car and then hit the sack. Do you want me to take you up to your bed? Are you ready to hit the hay? Note: In the past, people sometimes used sacks and hay as bedding. See also: hit, sackhit the sack go to bed. informalSee also: hit, sackhit the ˈsack/ˈhay (informal) go to bed: I think it’s time to hit the sack. Sack and hay both refer to simple beds. In the past a bed was often just a sack or piece of rough cloth with hay inside. Sailors in the navy also slept in hammocks (= a type of bed hung between two posts, etc.) similar to sacks.See also: hay, hit, sackhit the sack verbSee hit the haySee also: hit, sackhit the hay/sack, toGo to bed, go to sleep. The first expression dates from about 1900 and presumably alludes to a hayloft as a soft bed. A sports book of 1905 held it to be baseball players’ slang. The second term dates from World War II, although sack for “bed” originated in the U.S. Navy in the 1820s.See also: hay, hithit the sack
Related to hit the sack: hit the haySynonyms for hit the sackverb prepare for sleepSynonyms- crawl in
- go to bed
- go to sleep
- hit the hay
- kip down
- sack out
- turn in
- bed
- retire
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