单词 | fall asleep |
释义 | fall asleepSEE SYNONYMS FOR fall asleep ON THESAURUS.COM Go to sleep; also, cease paying attention. For example, As soon as the lights were dimmed he fell asleep, or His lectures are so dull that I fall asleep. The literal usage, which uses the verb fall in the sense of “succumb,” dates from about 1300; the figurative is several centuries newer. Also see asleep at the switch. Words nearby fall asleepfallacy of many questions, fallal, fall all over oneself, fall among, fall apart, fall asleep, fall away, fallback, fall back on, fall behind, fall between the cracks The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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