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sleep off

British

verb

informal (tr, adverb) to lose by sleeping

to sleep off a hangover

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"I have spent most of my time in bed just trying to sleep off the pain in my head," she told the BBC in 2018, just before she travelled to Germany for the operation.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

Retiring to one's favorite recliner or deep sofa to sleep off an excess of tryptophan-laden turkey is not so much the Canadian norm.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021

Fred Smith usually will be getting ready for bed when his phone rings, ready to sleep off another day as the founder and CEO of FedEx, but he always takes his son’s call.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2020

Hit up one of two "nap rooms," there to let members sleep off the day's events, if need be.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 25, 2018

I wiped the sleep off my face and cleared the night before from my throat.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

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