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doss down

slang To lie down and sleep. I was so tired that I just dossed down in the middle of the living room.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

doss down (for some time)

Sl. to lie down to sleep for a period of time. Chuck dossed down for a few hours before the evening performance. It's midnight: time to doss down.
See also: doss, down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

doss down

verb
See doss down for some time
See also: doss, down
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Chancellor, known as a bachelor slob, was happy to make his SIX-bedroom flat available to them and doss down in the Premier's pad.
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However - and doubtless to Mrs Straw's relief - she selflessly agreed to doss down on the floor so the Foreign Secretary could kip in comfort.
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She said: "Every night I doss down I fear I'll get attacked or raped.
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He had just arrived in the city from the tiny outback town of Wiluna 600 miles away and was about to doss down in the park when he was slashed around the body, head and throat.
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The others end up sweet- talking gardai sergeants into letting them doss down in the cells.
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