hit the rack en · VERB
Etymology
From the use of rack to mean a berth or bunk. Compare hit the sack.
Meanings
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To go to bed.
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.
2012, Brewster MaCoy, A Fear of Dying: A Soldier's Story, →ISBN, page 135:With that in mind, he walked off to his bedroom and shut the door. It was time to hit the rack.
2012, Whit Howland, The Case of the Sad Luck Dame: A Huey Dusk Caper, →ISBN: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.
2010, Herb Brewer, Chronicles of a Marine Rifleman: Vietnam, 1965-1966, →ISBN, page 171:
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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.
2015, Tom Green, The Blue Hand:, →ISBN, page 71:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hits the rack | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hitting the rack | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hit the rack | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hit the rack | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
pl iść w kimono (to go to bed) · pl uderzyć w kimono (to go to bed) · pl uderzać w kimono (to go to bed) · de sich aufs Ohr legen (to go to bed) · de an der Matratze horchen (to go to bed) · de in die Federn gehen (to go to bed) · pl pójść w kimono (to go to bed) · de sich in die Falle hauen (to go to bed)