flake down

flake down

Sl. to go to bed and go to sleep. I've got to go home and flake down for a while. Tom is flaked down for the night.
See also: down, flake
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

flake down

in. to go to bed; to go to sleep. After I flake down for about three days, I’ll tell you about my trip.
See also: down, flake
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bed down some place
  • be down to (do something)
  • be down to something
  • come a gutser
  • ask down
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • bounce up and down
  • come down in buckets
  • close down
References in periodicals archive
Water sluices over the left half of the board, washing the plastic flake down. Heavier metals stay in the grooves and move off to the right.
Flake down smoked haddock and boiled eggs then fold the mixture in together.
Light regrind flake tends to bridge and block the feed throat, but the auger crams flake down the throat, thus maintaining consistent head pressure.
Vydar system detects PVC particles in PET flake down to a size of 3 mm.