drift off to sleep



drift off to sleep

Fig. to fall asleep gradually. At last, he drifted off to sleep. During that boring lecture, I drifted off to sleep a number of times.
See also: drift, off, sleep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tyriqtie-REEKAfrican American (Modern)
Atif-Arabic
Senta-German
Florinflo-REENRomanian
Hiawathahie-ə-WAHTH-ə (English)History, Native American, Iroquois
Harshal-Indian, Marathi, Gujarati