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to sleep through
[phrase form: sleep]
01
to remain asleep without being awakened by a noise or activity
Transitive: to sleep through noise or activity
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
State verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
through
Base verb
sleep
Present tense
sleep through
3rd person singular
sleeps through
Present participle
sleeping through
Past simple
slept through
Past participle
slept through
Examples
The heavy sleeper could easily sleep through the loud construction noises outside her window.
