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lights-out

  • /ˈlaɪts.aʊt/

noun

  1. uncountable The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
  2. uncountable The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital. We were all expected to be in bed by lights-out.
  3. euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable Something hopeless, over; unconsciousness. It's gonna be lights out for you, pal!
  4. idiomatic, uncountable A decisive play. No one could really stop him in the second half and he was lights-out in OHL playoffs.

adjective

  1. not comparable Done or performed in the dark because of a fully automated working environment. Often describes night shift or third shift work. lights-out manufacturing

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noun the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime

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Русскийотбой otboj

noun the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital

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@misc{lights_out_2026,
  title = {lights-out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lights-out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}