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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)",
"text": "K.P. Arches—Like a housewife who spends a day on the range, a soldier gets tired feet and is eager to hit the sack."
}
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"To go to bed."
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"(slang) To go to bed."
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"word": "hit the hay"
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"word": "hit the rack"
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{
"word": "turn into a pumpkin"
},
{
"word": "hit the sheets"
}
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich in die Falle hauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "in die Federn gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich aufs Ohr legen"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "an der Matratze horchen"
}
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}
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"(slang) To go to bed."
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"synonyms": [
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"word": "hit the hay"
},
{
"word": "hit the rack"
},
{
"word": "turn into a pumpkin"
},
{
"word": "hit the sheets"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich in die Falle hauen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "in die Federn gehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "sich aufs Ohr legen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to go to bed",
"word": "an der Matratze horchen"
}
],
"word": "hit the sack"
}
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