sack out
Sleep, slangily
Sack out means to go to sleep or go to bed, treating sleep as collapsing into a sack.
The phrase is casual and often implies exhaustion or settling in for the night: I'm going to sack out early tonight.
Related to hit the sack.
- hit the hayGo to sleep, informally
- snoozeLight brief sleep
- napBrief daytime rest
- retireCease employment permanently
- kip1000 pounds, engineering unit
doze off · crash · slumber · flop · drop off · drift off · bed down · turn in · forty winks · fall asleep · go to bed · siesta · shut-eye · rest · sleep like a log · exhausted · couch · dead tired
activity level
sack outget moving
Command to depart
spring into action · hit the ground running · get cracking · bustle · hustle
sack, out, sacking, sacked, sacks, knapsack, rucksack, sackful, sackcloth