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to sleep on
[phrase form: sleep]
01
to postpone making a decision until the next day or a later time, often to think about it more
Transitive
Grammatical Information
action verb
regular
inseparable
present tense
sleep on
3rd person singular
sleeps on
past simple
slept on
past participle
slept on
Examples
Rather than rushing into an agreement, they decided to sleep on the partnership offer and reconvene later.
02
to ignore or undervalue someone or something
Slang
Examples
People are really sleeping on that restaurant down the street.
