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have a night of it

have a night of it phrase: to spend a night uncomfortably or unpleasantly, such as in pain, under duress, in illness, etc.

Phrase

have a night of it

  1. To spend a night uncomfortably or unpleasantly, such as in pain, under duress, in illness, etc.
    • `One might think from the look of you that you had been having a night of it.' I only groaned by way of answer. I had, indeed, been having a night of it, such as I hope never to have again.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about have a night of it

What does have a night of it mean?
Have a night of it means to spend a night uncomfortably or unpleasantly, such as in pain, under duress, in illness, etc.
What part of speech is have a night of it?
Have a night of it is a phrase.

Words near have a night of it in the dictionary

  1. have a monk on
  2. have a mountain to climb
  3. have a nice day
  4. have a nice day syndrome
  5. have a nice life
  6. have a night of it
  7. have a normal one
  8. have a pair
  9. have a point
  10. have a poor time of it
  11. have a pop at

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