Idiom
fall asleep
Meaning
To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My leg fell asleep after sitting for too long.”
“She stood up slowly because her foot had fallen asleep during the long movie.”
“The hiker shifted his weight, wincing as his cramped left arm, which had fallen asleep against the rock, prickled back to life.”
Examples
simple
“My leg fell asleep after sitting for too long.”
contextual
“She stood up slowly because her foot had fallen asleep during the long movie.”
complex
“The hiker shifted his weight, wincing as his cramped left arm, which had fallen asleep against the rock, prickled back to life.”
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