to sleep
idiom
: until one/someone falls asleep
The baby cried himself to sleep. I rocked the baby to sleep.
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Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 30 Jan. 2025
One startling reality of Haiti’s displacement camps today is that rather than tarps, most people are forced to sleep on a sheet, or worse, on dirt.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
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—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025
The victims were allegedly denied food and water, forced to walk around naked and stand outside naked and forced to sleep on the floor.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 30 Jan. 2025
One startling reality of Haiti’s displacement camps today is that rather than tarps, most people are forced to sleep on a sheet, or worse, on dirt.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
Hymer The Grand Canyon S Xperience seats four on the road and at camp, but buyers who want to sleep four will have to add the optional pop-up sleeper roof with 200 x 122-cm (79 x 48-in) bed.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025
The victims were allegedly denied food and water, forced to walk around naked and stand outside naked and forced to sleep on the floor.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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“To sleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20sleep. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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