English Explanatory Dictionary

sack out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

sack out sacks out sacking out sacked out

Etymology

Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack, with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“tackle, pillage”, verb), and to sock (“hit, slam”, verb), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.

Synonyms

drop off doze off fall asleep

Related words

sack
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