get to sleep

idiom

: to succeed in beginning to sleep : to fall asleep
She finally got to sleep after midnight.
It took me almost an hour to get to sleep last night.
I woke up in the middle of the night, but I eventually got back to sleep.

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“Get to sleep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20to%20sleep. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.

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