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lights-out

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Noun

  1. The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
  2. The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital.
  3. Something hopeless, over; unconsciousness.
  4. Decisive play.
  5. Alternative form of lights-out.
  6. Unconsciousness.

Adjective

  1. Done in the dark because fully automated. Often describes night shift or third shift work.

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of light out

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