get (sb) off
(SLEEP) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› to start sleeping, or to help a baby to start sleeping: It was so hot that I didn't get off (to sleep) till three o'clock. I've been trying to get the baby off (to sleep) for an hour!Sleep and sleeping
(Definition of get (sb) off (SLEEP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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gesture verb
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gesundheit exclamation
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get (sb) into sth phrasal verb
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get (sb) off (sth) phrasal verb
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get (sb) off phrasal verb (PLEASURE)
- get (sb) off phrasal verb (SLEEP)
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get (sb) through sth phrasal verb
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get (sb) up phrasal verb
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get (sb/sth) out phrasal verb
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get (sth) off the ground idiom
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get (sth) through (to sb) phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- bye-byes noun
- catch/cop/get some z's idiom
- comatose adjective
- doss verb
- doze off phrasal verb
- drift off phrasal verb
- flake out phrasal verb
- kip noun
- kip verb
- oversleep verb
- shuteye noun
- sleep noun (NOT AWAKE)
- sleep over phrasal verb
- sleep verb
- sleeper noun (PERSON)
- slept verb
- snooze verb
- somnambulism noun
- sound adverb, adjective
- soundly adverb (SLEEP)
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