sleep off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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A woman who went to bed to sleep off a migraine woke up to find her accent had changed to a Geordie one.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
Blood filled a vial, and as the monkey was carried back to its cage to sleep off the sedatives, Nava dropped the vial into a tank of liquid nitrogen — another sample for her database.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2021
Retiring to one's favorite recliner or deep sofa to sleep off an excess of tryptophan-laden turkey is not so much the Canadian norm.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021
Hit up one of two "nap rooms," there to let members sleep off the day's events, if need be.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 25, 2018
“You just had a wonderful meal of eight fat ladies. If you eat me too, you’ll get sick. You want to go back to sleep, to sleep off your big meal.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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