asleep : Idioms & Phrases

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fall asleep

  • verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
    drowse off; drift off; flake out; drop off; nod off; dope off; doze off.
    • he always falls asleep during lectures
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fast asleep

  • adjective satellite sleeping deeply; he's sound asleep"
    fast asleep.
    • lying fast asleep on the sofa
    • it would be cruel to wake him
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sound asleep

  • adjective satellite sleeping deeply; he's sound asleep"
    fast asleep.
    • lying fast asleep on the sofa
    • it would be cruel to wake him
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To get asleep

  • to fall asleep.
Webster 1913

To lay asleep

  • to put sleep; to make unobservant or careless. Bacon.
Webster 1913