SINCE 1828
spend the night
idiomDefinition of spend the night
1
: to sleep for the night at a place
After the party she was too drunk to drive so she spent the night.
—often + at They 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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