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sleep off |
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sleep something off to sleep while the effects of liquor or drugs pass away. John drank too much and went home to sleep it off. Bill is at home sleeping off the effects of the drug they gave him. See also: sleep sleep something off to sleep until something stops having an effect on you She slept off the effects of the medicine. Usage notes: often used in the form sleep it off: He's got a terrible headache and probably needs to sleep it off. See also: sleep How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Take her right up, Alec; I've got the hot water ready, and after a nice bath, she shall have a cup of my sage tea, and be rolled up in blankets to sleep off her cold," answered the old lady, cheerily, as she bustled away to give orders. It will be an hour before ‘Duke and the Major can sleep off Mrs. It is said that the intimacy of this acquaintance began in his habitually resorting to that secret place, to lock-out the Cloisterham boy-populace, and sleep off fumes of liquor: he having ready access to the Cathedral, as contractor for rough repairs. |
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