单词 | to fall off to sleep |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall off to sleep a. With complement, as to fall off to sleep, to fall off asleep, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE to fall overa1752 to go off1813 to drop off1820 to fall off1822 to get off to sleep1837 to fall off1862 tope1863 sleepy-baw1907 to go out1928 to zizz off1962 1822 Times 5 Nov. 3/4 She was still very drowsy, and fell off to sleep about ten o'clock. 1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career I. viii. 138 Thus gazing, I fell off to sleep. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 422/1 The drunkards fell off asleep. 1909 E. R. Roe Rum & Ruin xi. 95 Being..accustomed to drop asleep whenever and wherever he had an opportunity, he soon fell off into slumber. 1967 J. B. Keane Lett. of Successful TD viii, in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 61 When he fell off into a sleep, Mr and Mrs Kettleton took him upstairs and put him into bed. 2007 Irish Times 19 Feb. 2/2 It was close to 2am when I was just falling off to sleep. < as lemmas |
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