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fall asleep

1. To yield to tiredness and begin to sleep. Please don't make too much noise—the baby has finally fallen asleep. I was so exhausted that I nearly fell asleep right there at the dinner table. A: "Wait, what happened? The movie's over?" B: "Yeah, you fell asleep about halfway through."
2. euphemism To die. We told the kids the bad news that Pop-Pop fell asleep last night. A: "I'll be playing a gig next Saturday, assuming of course I don't fall asleep and wake up on the other side between now and then." B: "Well, that's a morbid thought!" A: "I heard you were back in Cleveland last week." B: "Oh yeah, some distant relative fell asleep, and I had to show my face for the funeral."
See also: asleep, fall
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fall asleep

Fig. to go to sleep. I fell asleep while reading the very dull book. I got in bed and fell asleep at once.
See also: asleep, fall
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fall asleep

Go to sleep; also, cease paying attention. For example, As soon as the lights were dimmed he fell asleep, or His lectures are so dull that I fall asleep. The literal usage, which uses the verb fall in the sense of "succumb," dates from about 1300; the figurative is several centuries newer. Also see asleep at the switch.
See also: asleep, fall
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fall asleep

die. euphemistic
See also: asleep, fall
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