"doss down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-doss down.ogg [Australia] Forms: dosses down [present, singular, third-person], dossing down [participle, present], dossed down [participle, past], dossed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} doss down (third-person singular simple present dosses down, present participle dossing down, simple past and past participle dossed down)
  1. (British, slang) To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-doss_down-en-verb-Qxaj4r5o Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 87 13
  2. (military, slang) To sleep. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-doss_down-en-verb-1T5ola59 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crash

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