"sack out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sack out.ogg Forms: sacks out [present, singular, third-person], sacking out [participle, present], sacked out [participle, past], sacked out [past]
Etymology: Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack, with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“tackle, pillage”, verb), and to sock (“hit, slam”, verb), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sack out (third-person singular simple present sacks out, present participle sacking out, simple past and past participle sacked out)
  1. (slang) To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion. Tags: slang Synonyms: drop off, doze off, fall asleep Related terms: sack Translations (fall asleep unintentionally): sammahtaa (Finnish), coucher (French), την πέφτω για ύπνο (tin péfto gia ýpno) (Greek), assopirsi (Italian), appisolarsi (Italian), zdrzemnąć się [perfective] (Polish), odpływać [imperfective] (Polish), odpłynąć [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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