goes to sleep
Drifts into slumber
Goes to sleep means to fall asleep or begin sleeping: She goes to sleep around ten most nights.
The phrase also describes devices entering a low-power standby mode: My laptop goes to sleep after five minutes of inactivity.
Figuratively, a limb that goes to sleep has become numb from restricted blood flow: My foot goes to sleep if I sit cross-legged too long.
- nods offFalls briefly asleep
- dozes offFalls into light sleep
- out like a lightSuddenly and completely unconscious
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- dead to the worldDeeply, unrousably asleep
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