go to sleep

idiom

: to begin sleeping

She lay down on the couch and went (right) to sleep.

Tell the kids it's time to go to sleep.

After the party, I just wanted to go to sleep.

of a part of the body (such as a foot or leg) : to be without feeling for a brief time usually because it has been kept in an awkward position for too long

When I started to get up I realized my foot had gone to sleep.

Examples of go to sleep in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The initial twist, though, is that this alternative 1969 has made a technological advance that our timeline never did—Cliff and David can go to sleep in a special capsule in their spaceship, and basically use extremely-advanced robots that look identical to themselves as their on-earth avatars. —

Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 June 2023 When Black Children Get Less Sleep, Rest Really Is Resistance Why Children Resist Bedtime Experts pretty much confirm the reasons children don't want to go to sleep. —

Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 June 2023 Police told everyone to go back to their own homes and go to sleep. —

Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022 Nearly every newborn parent has dealt with it: a crying baby that just won't go to sleep, or an infant who wakes up in the middle of the night and won't let anyone go back to bed. —

Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 Add a canopy for major princess vibes 👸 Who wouldn't want to go to sleep every night feeling like the main character of a Disney movie? Use vinyls and/or CDs for a fun retro vibe 💿 Hang old vinyl records or c on the way like posters. —

Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 1 June 2023 Our body keeps track of when to wake up and go to sleep based on an internal clock known as our circadian rhythm. —

Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023 Five people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy, after Oropesa entered their home allegedly intoxicated and upset that he was asked to stop shooting his weapon so an infant could go to sleep, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said in a press conference. —

Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023 Jamal Gomes was getting ready to go to sleep Monday night when his 17-year-old daughter, Madison, bounded into his room hoping to share a big announcement. —

Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023

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