hit the rack

verb

Etymology

From the use of rack to mean a berth or bunk. Compare hit the sack.

Definitions

  1. To go to bed.

    • By the time I had unpacked my sea bag, made my rack, and finished a good long hot shower, it was late in the evening. I decided to make it a day and hit the rack.
    • With that in mind, he walked off to his bedroom and shut the door. It was time to hit the rack.
    • It was around 2300 hours when I finally hit the rack, and as I always did when I thought we may enter into a combat situation, I lay on my bunk with my eyes closed and said a prayer for the safety of my squad.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, rack.

    • I said, “Holy old Fuck,” when the cue ball hit the rack dead on, bounced straight back, and stopped dead in the middle of the table.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA