"sleep like a baby" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sleep like a baby.ogg [Australia] Forms: sleeps like a baby [present, singular, third-person], sleeping like a baby [participle, present], slept like a baby [participle, past], slept like a baby [past]
Etymology: Compare French dormir comme un bébé. Etymology templates: {{nc|fr|dormir comme un bébé}} French dormir comme un bébé Head templates: {{en-verb|sleep<,,slept> like a baby}} sleep like a baby (third-person singular simple present sleeps like a baby, present participle sleeping like a baby, simple past and past participle slept like a baby)
  1. (simile) To sleep very well, especially peacefully. Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: sleep like a log Translations (to sleep very well): 酣睡 (hānshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), slapen als een roos (Dutch), nukkua kuin tukki (Finnish), dormir comme un bébé (French), ტკბილად იძინე (ṭḳbilad iʒine) (Georgian), spać jak dziecko (Polish), cysgu fel clawdd (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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