hit the sack
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A reference to how farmers tend to sleep on sacks of hay.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb[edit]
hit the sack (third-person singular simple present hits the sack, present participle hitting the sack, simple past and past participle hit the sack)
- (slang) To go to bed.
- 1953, "New Army, Familiar Scenes" (photo essay), New York Times, 18 Jan., p. SM45 (caption):
- K.P. Arches—Like a housewife who spends a day on the range, a soldier gets tired feet and is eager to hit the sack.
- 1953, "New Army, Familiar Scenes" (photo essay), New York Times, 18 Jan., p. SM45 (caption):
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Translations[edit]
to go to bed
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