"hit the sheets" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hit the sheets.wav Forms: hits the sheets [present, singular, third-person], hitting the sheets [participle, present], hit the sheets [participle, past], hit the sheets [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hits the sheets|hitting the sheets|hit the sheets|hit the sheets}} hit the sheets (third-person singular simple present hits the sheets, present participle hitting the sheets, simple past and past participle hit the sheets)
  1. (slang) To go to bed. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: go to bed
    Sense id: en-hit_the_sheets-en-verb-4tpzlhme Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (slang) To have sex. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: copulate
    Sense id: en-hit_the_sheets-en-verb-z2n28Vuc Disambiguation of Sex: 13 87

Inflected forms

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