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fall asleep

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fall asleep
Fig. to go to sleep. I fell asleep while reading the very dull book. I got in bed and fell asleep at once.
See also: asleep, fall


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Nay, it were better, to meet some dangers half way, though they come nothing near, than to keep too long a watch upon their approaches; for if a man watch too long, it is odds he will fall asleep.
She arose at daybreak, in order to attend mass, and she worked without interruption until night; then, when dinner was over, the dishes cleared away and the door securely locked, she would bury the log under the ashes and fall asleep in front of the hearth with a rosary in her hand.
Verily, in broad daylight did he fall asleep, the sluggard
 
 
 
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