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

After that, we’ll go back home, give our dog Chico another walk and watch Netflix until we fall asleep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

His strategy for staying calm was simple: "Stick my earphones in, listen to music and try to fall asleep."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

I do fall asleep on the train to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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

I fall asleep thinking how different this revolutionary song is from Mamá’s Spanish song about the girl trapped in a tower at sea.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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