sleep off: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To recover from the effects of something (such as alcohol, a hangover, illness, or medication) by sleeping.
Examples
BetaAfter the party, I had to sleep off the headache caused by too much wine.
After the party, I had to sleep off the headache caused by too much wine.
She is sleeping off the flu today, hoping to feel better by tomorrow.
She is sleeping off the flu today, hoping to feel better by tomorrow.
If you sleep off the medication's side effects, you’ll probably feel fine in the morning.
If you sleep off the medication's side effects, you’ll probably feel fine in the morning.
- To dispel tiredness, drowsiness, or temporary physical or emotional discomfort by having sleep.
Examples
BetaHe tried to sleep off the exhaustion after working three shifts in a row.
He tried to sleep off the exhaustion after working three shifts in a row.
Sometimes a nap is all you need to sleep off that mid-afternoon slump.
Sometimes a nap is all you need to sleep off that mid-afternoon slump.
After the stressful meeting, she needed to sleep off the tension before reacting.
After the stressful meeting, she needed to sleep off the tension before reacting.
Examples:
- EN: Wash the sleep off me.ES: A lavarme.
- EN: I'm trying to sleep off a hangover.ES: Intento dormir la resaca.
- EN: You have drunk too much, sleep off your wine go elsewhere!ES: Si está borracha, vaya a dormir la mona a otra parte.
- EN: I'd sleep off this whole stinking war.ES: Me pasaría durmiendo esta maldita guerra.
- EN: You must learn to shake sleep off.ES: Tienes que aprender a sacudirte el sueño.
- EN: Do we keep a room where she can sleep off her hangovers?ES: Tendremos un cuarto donde caerá dormida cuando beba?
- EN: You got problems, you wanna sleep off a drunk, do it.ES: ¿Tienes problemas? ¿Quieres dormir la borrachera? Hazlo.
- EN: Go sleep off your wine somewhere else.ES: - Vayan a dormir la mona a otra parte.
- EN: For-to sleep off your troublesES: Con el fin de dormir fuera de problemas
- EN: Jojo, did you sleep off the booze?ES: Jojo, dormiste fuera de la bebida?
- EN: I'll sleep off my hangover on your corpse.ES: Dormiré mi borrachera en tu cadáver.
- EN: The U.S. Army has just declared sleep off limits to all surgeons.ES: El Ejército declaró que los cirujanos no pueden dormir.
- EN: Drink, sleep off, and drink again!ES: ¡Bebe, duérmete, despierta y vuelve a beber!
- EN: Get her home and let her sleep off the shot.ES: Llévela a casa y déjele dormir lo que necesite.
- EN: What am I supposed to sleep off?ES: Vete a casa, duerme y olvídalo.
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