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Verb: hit the hay
Usage: informal
  1. Prepare for sleep
    "After a long day, I'm ready to hit the hay";
    - go to bed, turn in [informal], bed, kip down [informal], hit the sack [informal], sack out [N. Amer, informal], go to sleep, retire

Derived forms: hit the hay, hits the hay, hitting the hay

Type of: go, locomote, move, travel