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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 sleepingplay

  Familiarity information: SLEEP OFF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLEEP OFF (verb)


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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