hitting the sack
Retiring for night
Hitting the sack means going to bed or to sleep.
The phrase is informal and suggests retiring for the night, often with some eagerness: I'm exhausted—I'm hitting the sack.
The sack is the bed itself, probably from the straw-filled mattresses of earlier times.
- lying downIn horizontal position
- snoozeLight brief sleep
- crashingColliding with force
- shut-eyeInformal term for rest
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
beauty sleep · curling up · turning in · nap · forty winks · lights out · bedding down · doze · siesta · stretching out · nodding off · sawing logs · call it a night · early night · yawning · hibernate · rest · zonk out
hitting the sackwaking up
Emerging from sleep
getting up · rising · waking · rousing · awakening
hitting the sackhitting the ground running
Starting work without delay
burning the midnight oil · staying up · keeping busy · seizing the day · staying awake
hitting the sackstaying up
Remaining awake past bedtime
burning the midnight oil · partying · going out · staying out late · getting started
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