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

Pattern: spend the night (somewhere/with someone)

WrongWe spent the night in my friend.

RightWe spent the night at my friend's.

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

Patternspend the night (somewhere/with someone)

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff We remained at the location for the entire duration of the night.

Natural We spent the night there.

Natural; the formal version over-explains a simple idea.

Words that usually travel with it.

'Spend the night' is about where you sleep, not what you do during the night.