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Idioms and Phrases

Go to sleep, as in I racked out about midnight . This slangy expression, as well as the related rack time , for sleeping or snooze time, use rack to refer to being laid out on a framework, here a bed.

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Example Sentences

He air a layin' up on th' road yonder now—I got t' rack out an' git yo' away from heah now.

Oh, my dear, I will never let you sit upon the rack out of sight again unless you are tied fast to the seat!

Dawvys, a plump fellow with no hint of his enormous endurance in his look, motioned Rack out of the library.

Then lift the rack out, pour the syrup into the kettle and cook to two hundred and twenty degrees.

That fellow who pulled Rack out of the drink saved me from getting a soaking, as I was just going overboard after Herb.

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