"turn into a pumpkin" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-turn into a pumpkin.ogg [Australia] Forms: turns into a pumpkin [present, singular, third-person], turning into a pumpkin [participle, present], turned into a pumpkin [participle, past], turned into a pumpkin [past]
Etymology: From the story of Cinderella, in which a pumpkin magically transformed into a coach reverts to its original form at midnight. Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=turn into a pumpkin}} turn into a pumpkin (third-person singular simple present turns into a pumpkin, present participle turning into a pumpkin, simple past and past participle turned into a pumpkin)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To go to bed; to go to sleep (especially at, or around midnight). Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-turn_into_a_pumpkin-en-verb-znGODjOv Disambiguation of Sleep: 88 12 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 25 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 20 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 18 9
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial) Used to indicate a curfew, or the time by which one must depart. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-turn_into_a_pumpkin-en-verb--ZY0KWRu
  3. (idiomatic, colloquial) To cease to be special or extraordinary. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-turn_into_a_pumpkin-en-verb-Y2IMfbR8

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