nod off

nod off
verb
change from a waking to a sleeping state
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he always falls asleep during lectures

• Syn:
• Ant: ↑wake up (for: ↑fall asleep)
• Hyponyms: ↑zonk out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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FALL ASLEEP, go to sleep, doze off, drop off; informal drift off, flake out, go out like a light; N. Amer. informal sack out.
→ nod

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nod off (informal)
To fall asleep
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Main Entry: ↑nod

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ˌnod ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they nod off he/she/it nods off present participle nodding off past tense nodded off past participle nodded off] informal phrasal verb
to go to sleep, especially when you do not intend to
Thesaurus: to sleep, or to go to sleepsynonym sleephyponym
Main entry: nod

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informal fall asleep, esp. briefly or unintentionally

some of the congregation nodded off during the sermon

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nod off [phrasal verb]
informal : to fall asleep

I nodded off during his speech.

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Main Entry: ↑nod

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ˌnod ˈoff derived
(informal) to fall asleep for a short time while you are sitting in a chair

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I was practically nodding off in that meeting.

Main entry: ↑nodderived

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