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The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration, only waking up when George paused, saying it was most interesting.
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nod off — verb change from a waking to a sleeping state he always falls asleep during lectures • Syn: ↑fall asleep, ↑dope off, ↑flake out, ↑drift off, ↑drop off, ↑doze off, ↑drowse off … Useful english dictionary
nod off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms nod off : present tense I/you/we/they nod off he/she/it nods off present participle nodding off past tense nodded off past participle nodded off informal to go to sleep, especially when you do not intend to … English dictionary
nod off — PHRASAL VERB If you nod off, you fall asleep, especially when you had not intended to. [INFORMAL] [V P] The judge appeared to nod off yesterday while a witness was being cross examined... [V P to n] He was nodding off to sleep in an armchair. Syn … English dictionary
nod off — give me a pillow and I ll nod off right this second Syn: fall asleep, go to sleep, doze off, drop off; informal drift off, go out like a light, sack out, drift into the arms of Morpheus … Thesaurus of popular words
nod off — informal fall asleep. → nod … English new terms dictionary
nod off — v. (Slang) fall asleep; dropping the head forward while dozing off … English contemporary dictionary
nod off — to go to sleep, esp. when not in bed or intending to sleep. I nodded off once or twice during the movie … New idioms dictionary
nod off — intransitive verb Date: 1914 to fall asleep … New Collegiate Dictionary
nod off — Verb. To fall asleep … English slang and colloquialisms
ˌnod ˈoff — phrasal verb informal to go to sleep when you do not intend to … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
