sleep off

verb

1. informal.
   tr, adverb to lose by sleeping

   to sleep off a hangover

Example Sentences

Team discipline seemed to have drained away, with stories of the Brazilian being left to get his head down and sleep off the night's excesses rather than knuckle down in training.

From BBC

Thinking he may be sleeping off a night out, there was no initial concern.

From BBC

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

It’s almost like since the heady highs of “Barbenheimer,” the movies have been sleeping off a hangover.

From Seattle Times

While everyone else was sleeping off their tailgate cocktails or, in Tom and Shiv's case, restlessly regretting words they can't take back, Greg was being dragged to what he describes as "pretty unseemly venues."

From Salon