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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Hit the hay" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to indicate that someone is going to bed or going to sleep. Example: "After a long day at work, I think it's time to hit the hay."
Idiom
Hit the hay.
Go to bed or go to sleep.
Dictionary
Hit the hay
verb
To go to bed.
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Hit the hay Reassuring that we have, in David Miliband, a Foreign Secretary who does not spend his weekends playing toy soldiers on the living room carpet, day-dreaming about invading Burma.
· Think I might hit the hay.
O.K., it's getting late here, so I'd better hit the hay.
Next day is going to be a big biking marathon so we hit the hay early.
In the evening, just before I hit the hay, I see Fellowes in the lobby of my hotel.
(It's actually unreleased material he ascribes to fictional albums like "I Loathe My Fans," "Adultery for Beginners" or "Hit the Hay Vol. 3").
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Anyway we're all hitting the hay.
Lady Gaga has said she hits the hay in full makeup seven nights a week.
That's what is best about being a fan – your day out on Sunday arvo, your entertainment dollar well spent, heading home with the match review on the radio, preparing dinner, putting children to bed, catching the end of Raiders-Warriors, flicking on the Sunday night movie, warming up some Bonox, hitting the hay tired but happy.
Having a hard time hitting the hay?
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