to get rid of an unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling by sleeping, especially after eating or drinking too much
Go to your room, sleep off your pain, and I'll phone you first thing Monday morning.
He was flying at midnight so he had to sleep off his hangover this afternoon.
The day after the wedding, I’ll still be sleeping off the champagne.
sleeps off
sleeping off
slept off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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