Phrasal Verbs Related to SLEEP

Phrasal Verbs Related to SLEEP

Hi English learners! Welcome to today’s lesson. We will look at 12 phrasal verbs related to sleep. 

Good vocabulary is the backbone of any language learning. It improves your listening, understanding and speaking. So, don’t hesitate to learn new words and phrases such as collocations, phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions on any occasion.

Phrasal verbs related to sleep

Here is the list:

• Get up
• Catch up on sleep
• Crash out
• Doze off
• Drop off
• Lie in
• Nod off 
• Sleep in
• Sleep on it
• Sleep over
• Stay up
• Wake up

Get up

To get up means to get out of bed after sleeping and stand up.

• When do you usually get up on weekdays?
• I got up a bit early this morning. I couldn’t sleep because my cats were playing in my bedroom.

Catch up on sleep

It may happen that you don’t sleep enough because you have to study for your exams or work at night, so later on, when your exam is over you can catch up on your sleep or make it all up by sleeping longer.

• I’ve been studying really hard these days. It’ll take me some time to catch up on sleep.
• Peter has finished his report. It’s time to catch up on some sleep now.

Phrasal verbs related to sleep

Crash out

Imagine that you are very tired and you came home to your bedroom and just fell down on your bed and fell asleep. You crashed out.

• I was so tired that I couldn’t take my clothes off. I just crashed out and slept till morning.
• After a long day, all he wanted was to go home and crash out.

Doze off

Sometimes we feel tired during the day so we can fall asleep unintentionally. We say that we doze off.

• After dinner, I sat by the fire wrapped up in a blanket and dozed off.
• Sandra dozed off while watching TV.

Drop off

This is similar to dozing off. You fall into a light sleep unintentionally.

• I was so tired that I dropped off at the dinner table.
• When you suffer from insomnia, you may find it difficult to drop off to sleep.

Phrasal verbs related to sleep

Lie in

We usually lie in or have a lie in at weekends by staying in bed longer in the morning.

• It’s Saturday tomorrow so I can lie in all day if I want to. I can’t wait.
• When I was a child I loved lying in at weekends.

Nod off 

To nod off means to fall asleep unintentionally.

• The film was so boring that Mary nodded off.
• Simon nodded off at the meeting. It was so embarrassing.

Sleep in

To sleep in means to stay in bed longer than you usually do.

• Paula was looking forward to her holiday when she’d be able to sleep in every morning.
• Both Jane and her husband liked sleeping in on Saturday mornings.

Phrasal verbs related to sleep

Sleep on it

This phrasal verb has nothing to do with real sleeping. It means not making a decision on something right away but the next day after you consider it more carefully.

• I can’t tell you now whether I’ll accept your offer or not. I’ll sleep on it and let you know tomorrow.
• You don’t have to tell me now. Sleep on it and tell me tomorrow what you think.

Sleep over

Remember when you were a child and you stayed at your friend’s house for the night or they stayed at yours? It’s sleeping over.

• Can Fiona stay over for the night? We want to do Maths homework together.
• Children are not at home. They’re sleeping over at their friends’.

Stay up

If you stay up, then you don’t sleep but stay awake at night because you are worried about something or waiting for someone or something, etc.

• We stayed up late last night because we wanted to know the results of the Eurosong Contest.
• When I was a teenager, I could stay up all night and still feel fresh the next day.

Phrasal verbs related to sleep

Wake up

To wake up means to stop sleeping, to become awake.

• Brenda woke up a bit early this morning so she decided to catch up on some housework before leaving for work.
• I want to have a proper rest. Don’t wake me up!

We’ve been through phrasal verbs related to sleep. Let’s look at the list one more time:

• Get up
• Catch up on sleep
• Crash out
• Doze off
• Drop off
• Lie in
• Nod off 
• Sleep in
• Sleep on it
• Sleep over
• Stay up
• Wake up

In order to remember new vocabulary, you need to use it as soon as you learn it. Try to answer these questions for starters:

• How often do you stay up late on weekdays?
• Did you sleep over at your friends’ when you were younger?
• Do you get up as soon as you wake up or do you like to sleep in?
• Have you ever nodded off at a meeting or some important gathering? How did you feel about it?
• How long does it take you to catch up on sleep after not sleeping enough?
• Do you like lying in at weekends or getting up at the same time as on work days?

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