Idiom
nod off
Meaning
To fall asleep, especially unintentionally.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I often nod off while watching movies at night.”
“The lecture was so boring that I started to nod off in the middle of the room.”
“Exhausted from the long journey, he struggled to stay awake but eventually nodded off in his chair.”
Examples
simple
“I often nod off while watching movies at night.”
contextual
“The lecture was so boring that I started to nod off in the middle of the room.”
complex
“Exhausted from the long journey, he struggled to stay awake but eventually nodded off in his chair.”
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