"go to sleep" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go to sleep.wav Forms: goes to sleep [present, singular, third-person], going to sleep [participle, present], went to sleep [past], gone to sleep [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to sleep}} go to sleep (third-person singular simple present goes to sleep, present participle going to sleep, simple past went to sleep, past participle gone to sleep)
  1. To fall asleep. Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: fall asleep
    Sense id: en-go_to_sleep-en-verb-bGpHDSYH Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 24 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 12 10
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_to_sleep-en-verb-D3ba-VTm
  3. (euphemistic) To die. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-go_to_sleep-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Categories (other): English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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        "(euphemistic) To die."
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        "present"
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      ],
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          "paresthesia"
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          "numb"
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        "idiomatic"
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        "To die."
      ],
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        "(euphemistic) To die."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "fall asleep"
    }
  ],
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}

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