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Phrase(s): make a night of it
Fig. to spend the entire evening or night doing something. (Especially when one had intended to devote only a little time to the outing.) • We went out to have a bite to eat and were having such a good time that we decided to make a night of it. • I did not want to make a night of it, so I left early.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs