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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“My sister and I would pull up a couple of chairs together and fall asleep while listening to the music in the Jalapa bar where we all lived together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

As a result, patients fall asleep without warning during the day, lose muscle control and hallucinate while nearly asleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

She hadn’t had any nightmares like everyone else, but she found it hard to fall asleep in the bed all by herself.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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