not sleep a wink
(also not get a wink of sleep)Definition
C2 to not sleep at all: I didn't sleep a wink last night with all that noise.Not sleeping and not unconscious
(Definition of not sleep a wink from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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not see beyond sth phrasal verb
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not see hide nor hair of sb idiom
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not see sb for dust idiom
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not see the wood for the trees idiom
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not set the world on fire idiom
- not sleep a wink idiom
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not so much sth as sth idiom
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not so shabby/not too shabby idiom
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not soil your hands idiom
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not stand any nonsense idiom
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not suffer fools gladly idiom
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SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- awaken verb
- awoke verb
- awoken verb
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round phrasal verb (BECOME CONSCIOUS)
- conscious adjective (AWAKE)
- consciousness noun (AWAKE)
- rise and shine! idiom
- rise verb (MOVE UP)
- riser noun (PERSON)
- rouse verb
- sit up phrasal verb (STAY AWAKE)
- sleepless adjective
- stir verb (MOVE)
- wait up phrasal verb
- wakeful adjective
- waken verb
- wakey-wakey exclamation
- waking adjective
- waking noun
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