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dead asleep

idiom
Meaning

Sleeping in a deep sleep


Examples
SIMPLE

The baby is dead asleep in the crib.

CONTEXTUAL

I tried to wake him for dinner, but he was dead asleep after his long flight.

COMPLEX

Despite the thunder shaking the windows, the exhausted traveler remained dead asleep until the sun rose the next morning.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    asleep at the switch

    Neglectful of an important task, responsibility, or opportunity.

  2. 02

    beat a dead horse

    To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

  3. 03

    brown bread

    [Cockney slang]dead

  4. 04

    come back from the dead

    To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.

  5. 05

    dead 'n' buried

    Contraction of dead and buried.

  6. 06

    dead air

    An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.

  7. 07

    dead and buried

    Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.

  8. 08

    dead cat bounce

    A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.

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