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Idiom idiom

make a night of it


To continue a pleasurable social activity for the whole evening or night.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

We are having fun, so let's make a night of it.

CONTEXTUAL

Since the movie ended early and we were all together, we decided to make a night of it and go for drinks.

COMPLEX

After the concert concluded, the group felt so invigorated that they chose to make a night of it at a nearby jazz club.


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  1. 01

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  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    call it a night

    To go to bed to sleep.

  4. 04

    call it an early night

    To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.

  5. 05

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  6. 06

    creature of the night

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  7. 07

    day or night

    At any time; 24/7

  8. 08

    dead of night

    Middle of the night.

Last updated August 10, 2026