get off to sleep
get off to sleep
To begin sleeping, especially after initially struggling to do so. I have a hard enough time getting off to sleep without you guys making so much noise. If you drink a lot of caffeine, that could explain why it takes so long for you to get off to sleep.
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get off to sleep
to manage to get to sleep finally. About midnight every one finally got off to sleep. I wasn't able to get off to sleep until dawn.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.