nod off
Verb
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Verb
nod off
- (idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially while in a seated position or in inappropriate circumstances.
- 1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians, ch. 53,
- The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration, only waking up when George paused, saying it was most interesting.
- 1914, Robert Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man," lines 41-44,
- I dragged him to the house,
- And gave him tea and tried to make him smoke.
- I tried to make him talk about his travels.
- Nothing would do: he just kept nodding off.
- 2008, Ingfei Chen, "A Leap Forward, but Hurdles Remain in Narcolepsy ↗," New York Times, 15 Feb. (retrieved 16 July 2008),
- All patients struggle against daytime drowsiness and nod off at inopportune moments.
- 1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians, ch. 53,
- French: somnoler
- German: einnicken
- Italian: addormentarsi, assopirsi, cadere in catalessi
- Portuguese: cair no sono
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