Hit the Hay

What it means

Go to bed.

Where it comes from

Mattresses were sacks stuffed with straw or hay well into the 1900s, and you hit them to flatten the lumps and drive out whatever had moved in. The phrase kept the gesture long after the stuffing changed.

The puzzle it came from

Hit the Hay was the answer to the Phrasicle of April 10, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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