"sleepwalk" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From sleep + walk.",
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      "form": "sleepwalked",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "sleep-eat"
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          "ref": "2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:",
          "text": "Government... unions... industry... we have had enough. We - no, YOU - are sleepwalking the rest of us towards a less busy, less relevant industry with a smaller workforce, fewer passengers, fading importance, declining investment, poorly-paid jobs, and a truly shambolic reputation.",
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        "To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate."
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          "somnambulate",
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        "(intransitive) To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate."
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          "name": "Sleep",
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        {
          "text": "The government is sleepwalking into a crisis.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They're trying to sleepwalk past their health problems.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform actions without being aware of them; to do something that invites certain results without confronting that possibility."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To perform actions without being aware of them; to do something that invites certain results without confronting that possibility."
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    {
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          "ref": "2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:",
          "text": "Government... unions... industry... we have had enough. We - no, YOU - are sleepwalking the rest of us towards a less busy, less relevant industry with a smaller workforce, fewer passengers, fading importance, declining investment, poorly-paid jobs, and a truly shambolic reputation.",
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        "To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate."
      ],
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        },
        {
          "text": "They're trying to sleepwalk past their health problems.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform actions without being aware of them; to do something that invites certain results without confronting that possibility."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To perform actions without being aware of them; to do something that invites certain results without confronting that possibility."
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