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Crawl in   /krɔl ɪn/   Listen
Crawl in

verb
1.
Prepare for sleep.  Synonyms: bed, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in.  "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"  Antonyms: get up, turn out.






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"Crawl in" Quotes from Famous Books



... me through. She announced emphatically that she wouldn't think of allowing me to travel if I was ill. I was to undress immediately, crawl in between the sheets, and she would call a doctor. I wasn't rude to Mrs. Morgan, simply firm—that was all—quite as persistent in my ...
— The Fifth Wheel - A Novel • Olive Higgins Prouty

... Stella Fosdick away. But I shall find her, and when I am sure of it you better leave the country before I reach the place where you are, for as sure as I am standing here I will make my previous experience with you so tame that you will be glad to crawl in the dust on ...
— Ted Strong's Motor Car • Edward C. Taylor

... Cooney used to sneak into the coat-rooms at school, and go through the pockets of our reefers looking for pennies or tops or any old thing. He got in a peck of trouble on account of his sly tricks. If anybody could turn the catch of a window, and crawl in, I'd ...
— Fred Fenton Marathon Runner - The Great Race at Riverport School • Allen Chapman

... hard, crawl in where you belong," was the last instruction Jack gave them before seeking the bed he had ...
— Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast - or Through Storm and Stress to Florida • Louis Arundel

... when I found a bear in a cave he said, 'You must go in this time and drive out the bear.' I was sure I couldn't do it, but he insisted, and thrusting the lighted sticks into my hands bade me crawl in, keeping my eyes fixed the while, as soon as I saw them, upon those of the bear. I was to keep my back to the wall, and when I got well in, was to dash the light behind the bear and give a yell. I crawled in all right and soon got to where I could just about stand up, but when I ...
— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James


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