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hits the rack

hits the rack is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the rack.

Meaning of hit the rack

Verb

hit the rack (third-person singular simple present hits the rack, present participle hitting the rack, simple past and past participle hit the rack)

  1. To go to bed.
    • By the time I had unpacked my sea bag, made my rack, and finished a good long hot shower, it was late in the evening. I decided to make it a day and hit the rack.2010, Herb Brewer, Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman: Vietnam, 1965-1966, →ISBN, page 171
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, rack.
    • I said, “Holy old Fuck,” when the cue ball hit the rack dead on, bounced straight back, and stopped dead in the middle of the table.2015, Tom Green, The Blue Hand:, →ISBN, page 71

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What is hits the rack the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hits the rack is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the rack.

Words near hits the rack in the dictionary

  1. hits the jackpot
  2. hits the mark
  3. hits the nail on the head
  4. hits the pan
  5. hits the pavement
  6. hits the rack
  7. hits the road
  8. hits the rocks
  9. hits the roof
  10. hits the sack
  11. hits the sauce

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