get (sb) off
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
(SLEEP)
UK to start sleeping, or to help a baby to start sleeping:
It was so hot that I didn't get off (to sleep) till three o'clock.
I've been trying to get the baby off (to sleep) for an hour!
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- sleep over
- sleeper
- sleepyhead
- slept
- sound
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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(PLEASURE)
slang to have or give someone an orgasm:
They got off at the same time.