dead of night
Middle of the night.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The dog barked in the dead of night.”
“A strange noise woke me up in the dead of night, so I checked the front door.”
“The weary traveler arrived at the remote village in the dead of night, finding only silence and shadows under the pale moon.”
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bank night
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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brown bread
[Cockney slang]dead
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call it a night
To go to bed to sleep.
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call it an early night
To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.
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come back from the dead
To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
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creature of the night
A prostitute.
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day or night
At any time; 24/7
Last updated August 10, 2026