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Verb: hit the hay
Usage: informal
  1. Prepare for sleep
    "He hits the hay at the crack of dawn";
    - 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: hitting the hay, hit the hay, hits the hay

Antonym: rise

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hit man
hit on
hit out
hit parade
hit squad
hit the books
hit the bottle
hit the ceiling
hit the deck
hit the dirt
hit the hay
hit the jackpot
hit the road
hit the roof
hit the sack
hit the spot
hit the trail
hit-and-miss
hit-and-run
hitch
hitch up