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sleep off

(tr, adverb) Informal to lose by sleeping to sleep off a hangover

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Verb

sleep off - get rid of by sleeping; "sleep off a hangover"

lose - fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

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vt sep (inf) hangover etc → ausschlafen; to sleep it off → seinen Rausch ausschlafen; cold etc → sich gesund schlafen; to sleep off one’s lunch → ein Verdauungsschläfchen nt → halten

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