hitting the sheets

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, slang) To go to bed.

   Synonyms:

   couch a hogshead, go to bed, go to sleep, bed down, hit the hay, hit the sack, retire, seek one's virtuous couch, turn in, turn into a pumpkin

2. (idiomatic, slang) To have sex.
   • From the moment I landed, Étienne oozed a sexual dominance that had me quite literally oozing in turn during our first kiss in the airport as he held me against him, his hand strong and powerful on my lower back. For the next three days, I found myself beautifully and irresistibly dominated by him...2024 October 2, Kit Jannar, “My Hetero Hunk of a French Lover Asked Me to F*ck Him Like a Woman”, in Cosmopolitan

   Synonyms:

   approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations, have marital relations