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sleeping off

sleeping off is the present participle and gerund of sleep off.

Meaning of sleep off

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To get rid of (a pain, illness, condition) by sleeping.
    • On the other hand, drugs with drowsiness as a side-effect (eg certain types of analgesia, antidepressants) are best administered in the evening so that patients can sleep off the effect and be alert the following day.2003, Christine Brooker, Maggie Nicol, Nursing adults: the practice of caring

Questions about sleeping off

What is sleeping off the present participle and gerund of?
Sleeping off is the present participle and gerund of sleep off.

Words near sleeping off in the dictionary

  1. sleeping like a rock
  2. sleeping like a top
  3. sleeping lions
  4. sleeping mat
  5. sleeping mats
  6. sleeping off
  7. sleeping on
  8. sleeping one off
  9. sleeping out
  10. sleeping over
  11. sleeping pad

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