lights-out

lights-out
noun /laɪts.aʊt/
a) The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.

We were all expected to be in bed by lights-out.

b) The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital.

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