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dead to the world

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dead to the world

 

1. sound asleep. After all that exercise, he's dead to the world. He's dead to the world, and I can't rouse him.

2. . intoxicated. Six beers and he was dead to the world. By midnight almost everybody at the party was dead to the world.

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dead to the world

sleeping to the greatest degree possible Guy was curled up on the sofa, dead to the world.

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dead to the world

Sound asleep or unconscious, as in The alarm clock went off but Joseph was dead to the world. [Late 1800s]

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dead to the world

1. mod. sound asleep. After all that exercise, he’s dead to the world.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. By midnight almost everybody was dead to the world.

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dead to the world

Soundly asleep.

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