Dictionary.com

hit the hay

See synonyms for hit the hay on Thesaurus.com

Also, hit the sack. Go to bed, as in I usually hit the hay after the eleven o'clock news, or I'm tired, let's hit the sack. The first colloquial expression dates from the early 1900s, the variant from about 1940.

QUIZZES

DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!

We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
owl
crow
piranha
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby hit the hay

hit the bull's-eye, hit the ceiling, hit the deck, hit the fan, hit the ground running, hit the hay, hit the high spots, hit the jackpot, hit the mark, hit the nail on the head, hit the road
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Words related to hit the hay

crash, turn in, hit the sack, sack out