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Hit the hay

verb

Prepare for sleep. Synonyms: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

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"Hit the hay" Quotes from Famous Books

... Bingo," said the Squire, in the same tone. "Winterblossom is one of us—was one of us at least—and won't stand the ironing. He has his Wogdens still, that were right things in his day, and can hit the hay-stack with the best of us—but stay, they are ...

— St. Ronan's Well • Sir Walter Scott

Words linked to "Hit the hay" : sack out, get up, kip down, turn out, bed down, bunk down