fall asleep

Idioms  

1. 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 “succumb,” dates from about 1300; the figurative is several centuries newer. Also see asleep at the switch.

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Example Sentences

Abby would fall asleep in a place she was accustomed to.

From Literature

Before she retired, Pani Zuzana sometimes fell asleep in between jobs, so, forgetting that she had retired, I clapped my hands to wake her up.

From Literature

I joined Edem under the tree, and the baby girl soon settled in her lap and fell asleep too.

From Literature

The baby drank the whole bottle and fell asleep.

From Salon

Pink noise is commonly used to help people fall asleep, but new research suggests it may interfere with the most restorative stages of sleep.

From Science Daily

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