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SLEEP OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep over mean?
• SLEEP OVER (verb)
The verb SLEEP OVER has 1 sense:
1. stay overnight
Familiarity information: SLEEP OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stay overnight
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
sleep over; stay over
Context example:
The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party
Hypernyms (to "sleep over" is one way to...):
lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
sleepover (an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children))
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