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  2. phrase. Add to word list. Add to word list. to start to sleep: I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. She usually falls asleep within ten minutes of going to bed. The movie was so boring, I actually fell asleep for a few minutes. His shoulders slumped and I realized he had fallen asleep.

  3. Nov 15, 2022 · “Fall asleep” and “fell asleep” are both correct forms of the phrase. The only change between them is the tense and what they express therein. The main thing is to remember that it should start with a subject before using “fell asleep.”

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    To fall asleep is an expression, a figurative way of saying to go to sleep. However, we don’t say to fall to sleep in English, instead, you can say to go to sleep. When can we usefell asleep? If you want to talk about a past eventyou can say; 1. I fell asleep last night/yesterday/last month as fell is the Past Simple of the verb to fall. When can w...

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  4. Apr 11, 2017 · Some people describe going to sleep as falling into sleep like one falls into a pool of water. So you can say "I fell asleep". However, 'felt' is a very different word than 'fell' and if you want to use it in a similar way then it would be something like this, "I felt like I was falling asleep."

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  5. fall asleep. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fall asleep a) to begin to sleep Grandad fell asleep watching TV. One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving). b) literary used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly → asleep Examples ...

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · fall asleep (third-person singular simple present falls asleep, present participle falling asleep, simple past fell asleep, past participle fallen asleep) To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

  7. May 2, 2024 · phrase. When you fall asleep, you start sleeping. Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep. Synonyms: drop off [informal], go to sleep, doze off, nod off [informal] More Synonyms of fall asleep. See full dictionary entry for asleep. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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