sleep on
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[edit]sleep on (third-person singular simple present sleeps on, present participle sleeping on, simple past and past participle slept on)
- (idiomatic) To postpone (a decision) at least overnight, to avoid making a hasty choice.
- I like the idea, but let me sleep on it before we go ahead.
- There's no chance to sleep on the matter. You have to decide now.
- (idiomatic, slang) To miss or ignore; to underappreciate; to underestimate the quality of something.
- People are really sleeping on that restaurant down the street.
- I can't believe I slept on that movie for so long.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, on.
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[edit]to postpone a decision at least overnight
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