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asleep at the wheel

asleep at the wheel adjective: synonym of asleep at the switch.

Adjective

asleep at the wheel

  1. Synonym of asleep at the switch.
    • Ministers have been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” over threats to the UK’s soft power around the world, as some of their own advisers warned a funding crisis is undermining key institutions promoting British influence.2025 June 7, Michael Savage, Kiran Stacey, “Ministers accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over UK’s soft power around the world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025

Synonyms of asleep at the wheel

Questions about asleep at the wheel

What does asleep at the wheel mean?
Asleep at the wheel means synonym of asleep at the switch.
What part of speech is asleep at the wheel?
Asleep at the wheel is an adjective.

Words near asleep at the wheel in the dictionary

  1. aslaver
  2. ASLC
  3. ASLE
  4. asleep
  5. asleep at the switch
  6. asleep at the wheel
  7. asleepe
  8. ASLEF
  9. Asleson
  10. Aslesons
  11. Aslett

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