"crash someone's couch” vs “crash on someone's couch”

I am wondering which one is the exact expression.

I thought that here "crash" is used in place of "occupy", which means the first one is the correct expression. On the other hand I have always heard the second expression.

A "google-fight" suggests to use the second one, but I get hits for the first phrase too.

Which of the two is correct?


Solution 1:

crash someone's couch

would mean that one were literally crashing the couch into something.

crash on someone's couch

is what you're looking for. It is an idiomatic expression that refers to sleeping on someone's couch.