to make a night of it
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6.3
- idiom
- Informal
:
hacer una noche de ello
- If you bring some cans of beer, I'll bring some leftover pies and we'll make a night of it.
Examples
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You want to order a pizza and hang out, make a night of it?
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Let's make a night of it.
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Bring the kid, we'll make a night of it.
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Yeah, we'll make a night of it.
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We'll make a night of it!
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We'll make a night of it.
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We'll get a pizza, and we'll make a night of it.
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- Grab a couple of beers, make a night of it?
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They're going to make a night of it.
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After a long week, we decided to make a night of it by going to dinner and catching a movie.
Synonyms
504
1.4
To enjoy yourself at an event or activity
31
6.5
Enjoy yourself a lot
To have a lot of fun during an event or time
Antonyms
How Long
9
2.7
- Informal
3
6.3
168
2.0
- Informal
494
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to spend the entire evening enjoying oneself' is directly derivable from combining 'make' (to cause or turn into) with 'a night' (an evening period) and the particle 'of it' — following the productive pattern 'make a X of it' meaning 'turn something into X'. This compositional pattern (cf. 'make a day of it') is common and should be inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Make a night of it paints a picture of turning a simple evening into a full event, for example having dinner, going to a show, and staying out late. So, it means 'to spend the whole evening enjoying yourself'.