some shut-eye

some shut-eye
*some shut-eye
some sleep. (*Typically: get \some shut-eye; have\some shut-eye; use \some shut-eye; need \some shut-eye.) •

I need to get home and get some shut-eye before I do anything else.

We all could use some shut-eye.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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