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Definition of Go to sleep
1. Verb. Prepare for sleep. "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"
Specialized synonyms: Bed Down, Bunk Down
Antonyms: Get Up, Turn Out
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
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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