tent out
tent out
To sleep in a tent outside. The kids love tenting out during the summer. After two weeks of tenting out in the wilderness, it's nice to be sleeping in my own bed again.
See also: out, tent
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tent out
v.
1. To sleep outdoors in a tent: We tented out in Acadia National Park.
2. To be extended outwards by a prop so as to create a cavity underneath. Used of a layer or sheet of material: The wallpaper is tenting out because of a loose nail.
3. To push out some layer or sheet of material so as to create a cavity underneath: A loose spring in the cushion is tenting the fabric out. We used ski poles to tent out the sides of the tarp.
See also: out, tent
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- go to sleep
- camp out
- sleep out
- get off to sleep
- Were you born in a tent?
- lap against
- lap against (something)
- make (one's) hair stand on end
- make one's hair stand on end
- make your hair stand on end