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Meaning of have a night of it | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

To spend a night uncomfortably or unpleasantly, such as in pain, under duress, in illness, etc.

Examples

“`One might think from the look of you that you had been having a night of it.' I only groaned by way of answer. I had, indeed, been having a night of it, such as I hope never to have again.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

have a safe trip home have been around the block have got more chins than Chinatown have I got news for you have it your own way have it your way