- drift off to sleep
- drift off to sleepFig. to fall asleep gradually. •
At last, he drifted off to sleep.
•During that boring lecture, I drifted off to sleep a number of times.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
drift off to sleep
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drift off (to sleep) — ˌdrift ˈoff (to sleep) derived to fall asleep • I didn t hear the storm. I must have drifted off by then. Main entry: ↑driftderived … Useful english dictionary
drift off — PHRASAL VERB If you drift off to sleep, you gradually fall asleep. [V P to n] It was only when he finally drifted off to sleep that the headaches eased. [Also V P] … English dictionary
drift off — {v. phr.} 1. To fall asleep, * /He kept nodding and drifting off to sleep while the lecturer was speaking./ 2. To depart; leave gradually. * /One by one, the sailboats drifted off over the horizon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
drift off — {v. phr.} 1. To fall asleep, * /He kept nodding and drifting off to sleep while the lecturer was speaking./ 2. To depart; leave gradually. * /One by one, the sailboats drifted off over the horizon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
drift off — verb change from a waking to a sleeping state he always falls asleep during lectures • Syn: ↑fall asleep, ↑dope off, ↑flake out, ↑nod off, ↑drop off, ↑doze off, ↑drowse off … Useful english dictionary
drift off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms drift off : present tense I/you/we/they drift off he/she/it drifts off present participle drifting off past tense drifted off past participle drifted off to start to sleep I was just drifting off when the… … English dictionary
drift off to — phr verb Drift off to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑sleep … Collocations dictionary
drift\ off — v. phr. 1. To fall asleep, He kept nodding and drifting off to sleep while the lecturer was speaking. 2. To depart; leave gradually. One by one, the sailboats drifted off over the horizon … Словарь американских идиом
drift off — verb a) To fall asleep. He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams. b) to lose concentration Syn: nod off … Wiktionary
ˌdrift ˈoff — phrasal verb to start to sleep … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
drift — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 slow movement ADJECTIVE ▪ gradual, slow ▪ leftward, rightward ▪ He criticized the rightward drift of the party. ▪ continental … Collocations dictionary
