to retire

Examples

• All

• Perfect moment to retire to bed.

  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

• Well, my love, shall we retire?

  Shalako (1968)

• I think I shall retire for the evening.

  The Favourite (2018)

• So, we'll bid you good night and retire to our rooms.

  South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)

• I think I'll retire now.

  Love Crazy (1941)

• "My dear," the Baron said in a dry, gentle voice, "perhaps it is time to retire for the night?"

  Fiction book (2002)

• After dinner, I retired to my nest and worked on my journal awhile.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Later that evening, at a celebratory occasion with close friends, Hillary retired to bed early.

  Academic text (1996)

• By then it was Christmas Eve, and we retired early to be awakened by Myrddin when it was still dark.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Well, my love, shall we retire?

Synonyms

G

to go to bed

vsto retire

485 1.0

To get into bed to sleep

is the formal expression for that ordinary action

G

to go to sleep

vsto retire

369 1.0

To stop being awake and rest with your eyes closed

refers to preparing to sleep rather than the sleep itself

C

to call it a night

vsto retire

• Informal

52 3.2

Stop what you are doing for the evening, usually to go to bed or go home

is the formal term specifically for preparing to sleep at night

T

to turn in

vsto retire

• Informal

27 3.5

To go to bed to sleep

is the more formal term for the same action

H

to hit the sack

vsto retire

• Informal

10 6.0

To go to bed to sleep

is the formal alternative to this informal expression

H

to hit the hay

vsto retire

• Informal

8 6.0

To go to bed to sleep after a long day

is the formal term rather than this informal phrase

S

to sack out

vsto retire

• Informal

4 7.5

To go to bed to sleep

is the formal term for preparing to sleep rather than this slangy falling asleep

C

to crawl in

vsto retire

• Informal

3 3.3

To go to bed slowly because you feel very tired

is the general formal term not focusing on slow tired movement

H

to hit the sheets

vsto retire

• Informal

1 8.6

To go to bed to sleep

is the formal wording rather than this casual phrase

F

to fall in the sack

vsto retire

• Informal

8.8

To go to bed or sleep

is the formal expression rather than this coarse informal phrasing

K

to kip down

vsto retire

• UK

9.6

To sleep somewhere for a short time, often on a sofa

is the formal term for normal nightly sleep, not temporary naps

Antonyms

W

to wake up

∞ 1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

S

to stay up

• Informal

253 2.4

To be awake later than usual

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology