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fall asleep
Idioms and Phrases
Go to sleep; also, cease paying attention. For example, As soon as the lights were dimmed he fell asleep , or His lectures are so dull that I fall asleep . The literal usage, which uses the verb fall in the sense of 鈥渟uccumb,鈥 dates from about 1300; the figurative is several centuries newer. Also see asleep at the switch .Example Sentences
Marten told the court on Friday that while staying in the tent, she had fallen asleep and flopped forward.
The bus driver, who has been detained, said he had fallen asleep at the wheel, police told AFP, adding that four children were among the dead.
Manyatelo fell asleep in a police car following the incident and refused to provide a blood sample for testing, claiming that it was against his religion.
"I fell asleep and my head flopped forward," she said, adding "when I woke up she was dead".
He held me for hours when I was in physical distress even though his arm fell asleep.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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