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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fall asleep

I do fall asleep on the train to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

We’d watch something until I fall asleep usually by 10 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Thatcher’s warbly voice hangs in the air; tales of the Leatherman and lost daughters spinning around your brain as you try to fall asleep.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Sleep is closely linked to body temperature: to fall asleep and stay asleep, the body usually needs to lose some heat.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was the kind of sadness that made him want to curl into a ball and fall asleep until the bad day had passed.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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