Definition of Go to sleep

1. Verb. Prepare for sleep. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"


Definition of Go to sleep

1. Interjection. (idiomatic) An expression used to dismiss an extremely foolish statement, or to dismiss somebody that one does not feel like talking to. ¹

2. Verb. To fall asleep ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go To Sleep

go to
go to Canossa
go to Halifax
go to Putney on a pig
go to bed
go to blazes
go to extraordinary lengths
go to great lengths
go to ground
go to hell
go to pieces
go to pot
go to seed
go to sleep (current term)
go to someone's head
go to the dogs
go to the ends of the earth
go to the mat
go to the mattresses
go to the polls
go to the wall
go to town
go to war
go to work
go together
go too far

Literary usage of Go to sleep

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1912)
"It seemed impossible to go to sleep until some understanding had been arrived at. XVII There seemed a little strain in his voice, and I wondered what ..."

2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"If the execution is heavy they're not nearly so apt to go to sleep, and I can't say I have ever yet fallen in with that lust for danger of which I have read ..."

3. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1903)
"They will help you to go to sleep. Go quietly and soundly to sleep now.' At about this stage I asked him if he were asleep. He seemed partly confused by the ..."

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