We were all expected to be in bed by lights-out.
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Lights-out
//ˈlaɪts.aʊt//
Synonyms for "lights-out" (1 found)
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9 translations across 4 languages.
Czech
2 entries- večerka noun (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime)
- večerka noun (the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital)
French
1 entries- couvre-feu noun (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime)
Hungarian
4 entries- lámpaoltás noun (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime)
- lámpaoltás noun (the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital)
- villanyoltás noun (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime)
- villanyoltás noun (the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital)
Russian
2 entries- отбой noun (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime)
- отбой noun (the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital)
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It's gonna be lights out for you, pal!
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Hardy landed a picture perfect right uppercut square on Padilla's jaw. It was lights out for the formerly undefeated pugilist.
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Then, come November, the hunters are sitting there waiting for the unsuspecting gullible deer, and then it's lights out for the deer.
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