See hit the sack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "A reference to how farmers tend to sleep on sacks of hay.",
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"ref": "1953, \"New Army, Familiar Scenes\" (photo essay), New York Times, 18 Jan., p. SM45 (caption)",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich in die Falle hauen"
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"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich in die Falle hauen"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "in die Federn gehen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich aufs Ohr legen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "an der Matratze horchen"
}
],
"word": "hit the sack"
}
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