gone to sleep
Drifted into slumber
Gone to sleep describes a body part, typically a limb, that has lost sensation due to restricted blood flow or nerve compression: My foot's gone to sleep from sitting cross-legged.
The phrase captures the numbness and tingling that precede the return of feeling.
It also means simply having fallen asleep: The baby's finally gone to sleep.
- passed outLost awareness suddenly
- out coldFully unconscious
- nodded offFell briefly asleep
- dozed offFell asleep unintentionally
- dead to the worldDeeply, unrousably asleep
catnap · snooze · catching some z's · sawing logs · sedation · hibernation · siesta · tingling · pins and needles · unresponsive · paresthesia · drifted off · slumber · doze · dormant · numb · limp · insensate