hit the sack
hit the sack verb: to go to bed.
Verb
hit the sack (third-person singular simple present hits the sack, present participle hitting the sack, simple past and past participle hit the sack)
- To go to bed.
- 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.1953, "New Army, Familiar Scenes" (photo essay), New York Times, 18 Jan., p. SM45 (caption)
- Synonyms:
- hit the hay, hit the rack, turn into a pumpkin, hit the sheets
hit the sack meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
hit the sack in Tamil
- உறங்கச் செல்லுதல்
hit the sack in Malayalam
- retire, go to bed, go to sleep
- കട്ടിലിൽ വീഴുക, ഉറങ്ങാൻ പോകുക, പ്രവൃത്തിനിറുത്തുക, തലചായ്ക്കുക, ഉറങ്ങുക, ഉറക്കറ പൂകുക
Synonyms of hit the sack
Forms of hit the sack
| third-person singular present | hits the sack |
|---|---|
| present participle | hitting the sack |
| past participle | hit the sack |
| past | hit the sack |
Origin of hit the sack
A reference to the manner in which farmers tend to sleep on sacks of hay.
Questions about hit the sack
- What does hit the sack mean?
- Hit the sack means to go to bed.
- What is hit the sack in Tamil?
- Hit the sack in Tamil is உறங்கச் செல்லுதல். See Hit the sack meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hit the sack?
- Hit the sack is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hit the sack?
- The past tense of hit the sack is hit the sack.
Words near hit the sack in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hit the sack (page history and authors); hit the sack (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hit the sack (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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