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sleeping like a log

sleeping like a log is the present participle and gerund of sleep like a log.

Meaning of sleep like a log

Verb

sleep like a log (third-person singular simple present sleeps like a log, present participle sleeping like a log, simple past and past participle slept like a log)

  1. (simile) To sleep heavily, long and without disturbance.
    • Swithin chuckled when he read it, and feeling frightfully tired, went to bed and slept like a log.1909, John Galsworthy, Villa Rubein, and Other Stories

Questions about sleeping like a log

What is sleeping like a log the present participle and gerund of?
Sleeping like a log is the present participle and gerund of sleep like a log.

Words near sleeping like a log in the dictionary

  1. sleeping it out
  2. sleeping language
  3. sleeping languages
  4. sleeping like a baby
  5. sleeping like a dog
  6. sleeping like a log
  7. sleeping like a mouse
  8. sleeping like a rock
  9. sleeping like a top
  10. sleeping lions
  11. sleeping mat

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