Grammar fix

spend the night

stay overnight

to stay somewhere for the whole night, instead of going home, often at someone else's house or in a different place than usual.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

I had to spend the night at my cousin's house because it was too late to go home.

When I travel for work, I often have to spend the night in different cities, which can be tiring but also interesting.

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: We spent the night in my ~~friend.~~

Say: We spent the night at my friend's.

'At my friend's (place)', not 'in my friend'.

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Words that usually travel with it.

spend the night