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Idiom: Sleep

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How to pronounce "sleep":

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To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Example: "You should sleep eight hours a day."

To be slumbering in (a state).

Example: "to sleep a dreamless sleep"

To achieve or make happen by manner of sleep.

Example: "Sleep your way to good health."

Example: "He hoped to sleep his troubles away."

To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with). To earn by sexual favors.

Example: "Last night we slept together for the first time."

Example: "Oh, she didnt earn her promotion, she just slept her way to the top.Oh, she didnt earn her promotion, she just slept her way to the top."

To earn by sexual favors.

Example: "Oh, she didnt earn her promotion, she just slept her way to the top.Oh, she didnt earn her promotion, she just slept her way to the top."

Example Sentences

1
I couldn't sleep a wink last night.
2
I need to catch up on sleep after staying up late.
3
She sleeps like a baby and wakes up refreshed.
4
He always falls asleep during movies.
5
I usually sleep in on weekends.

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