Definition of Hit the hay
1. Verb. Prepare for sleep. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Specialized synonyms: Bed Down, Bunk Down
Antonyms: Get Up, Turn Out
Definition of Hit the hay
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To go to bed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Hit the hay
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1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Thus "to hit the hay " would naturally mean, in a tramp's mouth, " to go to bed. ..."
2. The Adventures of a Woman Hobo by Ethel Lynn (1917)
""Come, Ethel, we'd better hit the hay. ... "Hay—hit the hay! No such a thing.
Go right into the spare room and make yourselves ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"I think I had better hit the hay now, Coralie." She looked at him, puzzled.
"Oh, Jimmy, I do not understand you at all. You speak such a queer language! ..."
4. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by [Anonymus AC02789944] (1921)
"You hit the hay. Sleep's the dose for you. I ain't going away." When the doctor
had done what could be done and gone on his way, ..."
5. History of the American Field Service in France, ʻFriends of France", 1914-1917 by James William Davenport Seymour (1920)
"mighty tired and I fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the hay. "Hay" is to be
taken literally. During to-night's ride large rats kept scurrying across the ..."
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