go to sleep

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go to sleep

1. to start sleeping. There was too much noise for me to go to sleep.

2. to lose all feeling in a hand or leg after being in one position for too long. Sometimes my hand goes to sleep if I rest my head on it.

See also: sleep

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Well, let us go to sleep -- let us go to sleep; and the sooner the better. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context There proved nothing for it but to accept the situation, and we made the arrangement that Nicolete was to slip off to bed first, and then put out the light and go to sleep. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context The you must return to your palace, bathe, and go to sleep, and when you awake to-morrow morning you will be cured. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context More results

References in classic literature

Well, let us go to sleep -- let us go to sleep; and the sooner the better.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

There proved nothing for it but to accept the situation, and we made the arrangement that Nicolete was to slip off to bed first, and then put out the light and go to sleep.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

The you must return to your palace, bathe, and go to sleep, and when you awake to-morrow morning you will be cured.

The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context

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