spend the night

idiom

: to sleep for the night at a place

After the party she was too drunk to drive so she spent the night.

—often + at

They spent the night at her brother's.

: to stay with someone overnight and have sex with that person

—+ with

She spent the night with her boyfriend.

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In the proceeding years, visitors who wanted to spend the night in the park could rent houseboats, erect tents, or park their camper vans or RVs, but the nearest hotel was located about an hour away in Florida City. —

Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025 Miles had been in a fight that night with him and had left her motel room to spend the night with Reynolds in his motel room. —

Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2025 Seeger takes the young artist under his wing, even driving Dylan to his upstate New York cabin to spend the night with his family. —

Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024 Migrants coming to Massachusetts were forced to spend the night at Logan Airport this past winter because of overcrowded shelters. —

Mike Deehan, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spend the night

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