spend the night
idiom
1
: to sleep for the night at a place
After the party she was too drunk to drive so she spent the night.
—often + atThey spent the night at her brother's.
2
: to stay with someone overnight and have sex with that person
—+ with
She spent the night with her boyfriend.
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Palmer insisted that Pavlovich spend the night in her guest room.
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Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
On Wednesday, the smoke got so bad in his neighborhood that Jones decided to spend the night in a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport.
—Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
In the proceeding years, visitors who wanted to spend the night in the park could rent houseboats, erect tents, or park their camper vans or RVs, but the nearest hotel was located about an hour away in Florida City.
—Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
Miles had been in a fight that night with him and had left her motel room to spend the night with Reynolds in his motel room.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
On Wednesday, the smoke got so bad in his neighborhood that Jones decided to spend the night in a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport.
—Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
In the proceeding years, visitors who wanted to spend the night in the park could rent houseboats, erect tents, or park their camper vans or RVs, but the nearest hotel was located about an hour away in Florida City.
—Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
Miles had been in a fight that night with him and had left her motel room to spend the night with Reynolds in his motel room.
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Spend the night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spend%20the%20night. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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