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DROWSE OFF

• DROWSE OFF (verb)
The verb DROWSE OFF has 1 sense:

1. change from a waking to a sleeping state

Familiarity information: DROWSE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

• DROWSE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Change from a waking to a sleeping state

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

dope off; doze off; drift off; drowse off; fall asleep; flake out; nod off; drop off

Context example:

he always falls asleep during lectures

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drowse off"):

zonk out (fall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired)

Sentence frame:

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