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HIT THE HAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare for sleep

Example:

He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

Synonyms:

bed; crawl in; go to bed; go to sleep; hit the hay; hit the sack; kip down; retire; sack out; turn in

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hit the hay"):

bed down; bunk down (go to bed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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