kip down

kip down
verb
prepare for sleep
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I usually turn in at midnight

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He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

Syn:
Ant: ↑turn out (for: ↑turn in), ↑get up (for: ↑go to bed)
Hyponyms: ↑bed down, ↑bunk down
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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kip down
To go to bed
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Main Entry:kip

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  • kip down — v. hit the hay, go to sleep, go to bed to sleep, turn in …   English contemporary dictionary

  • kip down —  Go to bed …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • kip — kip1 [kıp] n [singular, U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Danish; Origin: kippe cheap hotel ] BrE informal a period of sleep ▪ I ve only had an hour s kip . ▪ We ought to get some kip . kip 2 kip2 past tense and past participle kipped …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • kip — I. noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch; akin to Middle Low German kip bundle of hides Date: circa 1525 a bundle of undressed hides of young or small animals; also one of the hides II. noun Etymology: perhaps from Danish kippe cheap tavern Date: 1879 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kip — 1) n a. a period of sleep I pulled into the lay by for a quick kip in the back of the van. ► If I don t get my full eight hours kip I m ratty all day. (Recorded, teacher, Bristol, 1989) b. a bed or place to sleep a kip for the night The word… …   Contemporary slang

  • kip — I UK [kɪp] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms kip : singular kip plural kips British informal a short sleep I ll have a kip later on. II UK [kɪp] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms kip : present tense I/you/we/they kip he/she/it kips… …   English dictionary

  • kip — I. /kɪp / (say kip) Colloquial –noun 1. a sleep or nap. 2. Obsolete a lodging house. –phrase (kipped, kipping) 3. kip down, to go to bed; sleep. {earlier, a brothel; compare Danish kippe a low tavern} II. /kɪp / (say kip) …  

  • kip — kip1 [ kıp ] noun count or uncount BRITISH INFORMAL a short sleep kip kip 2 [ kıp ] verb intransitive BRITISH INFORMAL kip or kip down to sleep for a short time, especially somewhere where you usually would not sleep …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Kip-up — (鯉魚打挺 Liyudating) is one of several names for an acrobatic move in which a person transitions from a supine, and less commonly, a prone position, directly to a squatting position by propelling the legs, and consequently the entire body, away from …   Wikipedia

  • Down Incognito — Studio album by Kip Winger Released 1998 Recorded Rising Sun Studios, Santa Fe, N …   Wikipedia

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