hit the rack
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hit the rack
Where it comes from
From the use of rack to mean a berth or bunk. Compare hit the sack.
verb hits the rack · hitting the rack · hit the rack
- 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.
- 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.
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verb to go to bed
| Deutsch | sich in die Falle hauen, in die Federn gehen, sich aufs Ohr legen, an der Matratze horchen |
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title = {hit the rack},
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