hit the hay

hit the hay

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hit the hay (third-person singular simple present hits the hay, present participle hitting the hay, simple past and past participle hit the hay)

1. (idiomatic) To go to bed.
   • 1917, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in The Sheriff's Son:

     "Time to hit the hay," Dave yawned. The bartender called "Good-night" as Dingwell went out of the swinging doors.

Synonyms

• turn into a pumpkin
• hit the sack * hit the hay to fall into or be thrown onto the hay as a stunt

Translations

to go to bed

Catalan: clapar (ca) Dutch: naar bed gaan, gaan slapen French: aller dormir, se coucher (fr) Latvian: likties uz auss Malay: meletakkan kepala Polish: uderzyć w kimono (pl) pf Russian: улечься на боковую (ulečʹsja na bokovuju) Spanish: planchar la oreja, empiltrarse (es)