verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

sack out

sack out · sacks out · sacked out · sacking out

заснути, засипати, засинати

падать, упасть, доставлять

abgeben, absetzen, ablegen

To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustionTo fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.

» Tom reached into the sack and pulled out some coins.

Tom griff in den Sack und zog einige Münzen heraus.

Meaning

1 senses

(slang)To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.
The kids sacked out in the back seat before we made it home.

More definitions

prepare for sleep

Examples

1 sentences

Tom reached into the sack and pulled out some coins.
deTom griff in den Sack und zog einige Münzen heraus.
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Origin

Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack, with possible influences from other sense

Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack, with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“tackle, pillage”, verb), and to sock (“hit, slam”, verb), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.

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Forms

sacks out, sacking out, sacked out, sacked out

Base form	sack out · to sack out
3rd person singular	sacks out
Present participle	sacking out
Past simple	sacked out
Past participle	sacked out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sack out
he, she, it	sacks out

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sacked out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sacked out
he, she, it	has sacked out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will sack out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms

drop off doze off fall asleep

Close in meaning

prepare for sleep:go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack go to sleep

Word family

1 related words

RelatedsackB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb