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Hit the hay   /hɪt ðə heɪ/   Listen
Hit the hay

verb
1.
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



... "I'm goin' to hit the hay," he tells me. "If I gotta fight Battlin' Edwards in two months, I'm gonna start readyin' up now! I been puttin' on fat since I been here, and it's got to come off. I'll get up at five to-morrow and do a gallop around the ...
— Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer

... I'll stay here for a while longer, as two ought to be enough to see the job through. The raid was not in that direction, so the hospital is safe. Jeanne will be asleep so we can't see her, or else I would go. No, I'll stay here, and when I get good and tired I'll drop over to quarters, and hit the hay for a sound sleep." ...
— Air Service Boys Flying for Victory - or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold • Charles Amory Beach

... we may be able to teach them a trick or two," said Herb. "But whether you fellows know it or not, it's getting pretty late, so I think I'll go and hit the hay. Who's ...
— The Radio Boys at the Sending Station - Making Good in the Wireless Room • Allen Chapman

... Mary Ellen until four, and he still looked as though he could walk five miles without tiring. Me, I felt about as full of snap as a soda cracker in a Turkish bath. The three of us talked for maybe ten minutes, and then we hit the hay. ...
— Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... • Gordon Randall Garrett



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



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