"doss down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-doss down.ogg 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 formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  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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