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4 phrasal verbs with "Sleep"
4 phrasal verbs with "Sleep"
By Alena Lien,
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12 April 2021
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Click below to get more information on each phrasal verb.
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Sleep in
- (informal) To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
This is inseparable.
"I always look forward to sleeping in on the weekends."
"He slept in and almost forgot our brunch date."
Preposition: In
- Wearing.
Here, we can also use "in" to refer to the clothes someone is wearing when they are sleeping.
"I don't understand how some people can just sleep in their birthday suit."
"I always look forward to winter so I can sleep in my flannel pyjamas."
Sleep (something) off
- To recover from something by going to sleep.
This is separable.
"If your headache is not too bad, you should sleep it off instead of taking an aspirin."
"Can you sleep off a cold?"
Sleep over
- To sleep in someone else's home for the night.
This is inseparable.
"My nephew sleeps over where his father has a late shift."
"She slept over at a friend's place because she missed the last train."
Sleep through (something)
- To sleep without being awakened, usually by loud noise or activity.
This is inseparable.
"She slept through the thunderstorm last night."
"I think I slept through the entire movie."
Related expressions
"Could do something in your sleep" (idiom) - To say that you can do something very easily because you have done it so many times before.
"She's been knitting for as long as I can remember, I'm pretty sure she could do it in her sleep."
"Lose sleep (over something)" (idiom) - To worry about something so much that you cannot sleep.
Although this can be used in the affirmative, it's often used in the negative as advice or to comfort someone.
"I know it's your first day at work but there's no point losing sleep over it."
"Sleep on (something)" (expression) - To delay making an important decision until the next day - to have time to consider it carefully.
"Why don't you sleep on it and see how you feel?"