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SLEEP OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep off mean?
• SLEEP OFF (verb)
The verb SLEEP OFF has 1 sense:
1. get rid of by sleeping
Familiarity information: SLEEP OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get rid of by sleeping
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
sleep off a hangover
Hypernyms (to "sleep off" is one way to...):
lose (fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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