have a night of it

phrase

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

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

    `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.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
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have a night of it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20a%20night%20of%20it

MLA

“have a night of it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20a%20night%20of%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “have a night of it,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20a%20night%20of%20it.

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