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sleep through

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sleep through

  1. Sleep without waking for a period of time, usually the night, as in At three months many babies have learned to sleep through. [Mid-1900s]

  2. sleep through something. Fail to pay attention, as in We all slept through the explanation and then had trouble getting the machines started.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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