sacked out

idiom

Meaning

Sound asleep, usually from a healthy exhaustion.

Origin

disputed origin

Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack (“to lie down to sleep”), with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“to tackle, to pillage”), and to sock (“to hit, to slam”), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.

Examples

SIMPLE

The tired dog is sacked out on the rug.

CONTEXTUAL

After hiking all day, the campers were sacked out in their tents before the sun even set.

COMPLEX

Exhausted by the grueling demands of the marathon, the athletes remained sacked out in the locker room long after the race had concluded.

Anchors to

sacked