sleep out

sleep out
 v. phr.β€” Β«Many homeless prefer “sleeping out,” as the euphemism goes, to staying in a cramped, noisy, and sometimes smelly shelter.Β» β€”β€œThe Plan to Nowhere?” by Philip Dawdy Seattle Weekly (Wash.) Mar. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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