sleep over

Idioms and Phrases

Spend the night as a guest in another's home, as in Karen's friend Wilma is going to sleep over tonight . [Second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

There is no doubt that Abbas is losing sleep over their plight.

From The Daily Beast

The 51-year-old engineer for the Department of Education said he got about four hours of sleep over the weekend.

From The Daily Beast

But after he learned the trial was ending, he was losing sleep over what it could mean.

From The Daily Beast

Do you ever lose sleep over those who killed themselves because you had invaded their privacy, or that of their loved ones?

From The Daily Beast

It eventually settled down and though many lost sleep over it, people still went to work the next day.

From The Daily Beast

Then he decided to sleep over it; and the next morning he wakened, and read it again—with a shock of surprise.

From Project Gutenberg

It was an accidental sleep-over; she had not planned it, and circumstances would take care of themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

If anything happened because you went to sleep over the key, you'd have them on your mind all your life, don't you know—forever.

From Project Gutenberg

And of course, according to all baby precedent, he ought to have gone off into a sound sleep over it.

From Project Gutenberg

So, stifling his longing to go home and to see his people, Peter decided to sleep over it before taking any definite steps.

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