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Definition of Sack out
1. Verb. Prepare for sleep. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Specialized synonyms: Bed Down, Bunk Down
Antonyms: Get Up, Turn Out
Definition of Sack out
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sack Out
Literary usage of Sack out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker (1828)
"Soon after' he was agreeably surprised to find that the sack out of which he had
already sown a large field did not diminish, and was still the same in ..."
2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"... the deponent to the back of the brew-house, where there lay » sack, out of
which the said Mrs. Stewart took a blue coat, red waistcoat, black breeches, ..."
3. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1813)
"... the deponent to the back of the brew-house, where there lay a sack, out of
which the said Mrs. Stewart touk a blue coat, red waistcoat, black breeches, ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... where *liere lay « sack, out of which the said Mrs. Stewart took a blue coat,
red waistcoat, black breeches, a bat and some shirts, all which site ..."
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