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Definition of get forty winks

get forty winks

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Other terms relating to 'to sleep':

Definitions include: to fall asleep.
Definitions include: misspelling of "gooch".
Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony.
Definitions include: to fall asleep.
Definitions include: sleep.
Definitions include: sleep.
Definitions include: to go to bed.
Definitions include: a short nap.
Definitions include: to fall asleep.
Definitions include: something boring.
Definitions include: asleep or unconscious.
Definitions include: sound asleep.
Definitions include: to fall asleep unintentionally.
Definitions include: to fall asleep due to drugs, especially opiates (such as heroin.)
Definitions include: to be asleep, often (but not always) in a place other than one's own bed.

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Other terms relating to 'forty':

Definitions include: See forty.
Definitions include: a hypothetical club whose members are not very "bright", meaning intelligent.
Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
Definitions include: a place that is far away.
Definitions include: a 40 ounce bottle of an alcoholic beverage.
Definitions include: unattractive.
Definitions include: spilling a small quantity of a beverage (usually a 40 ounce container of beer) on the ground in order to honor the deceased.

Other terms relating to 'get':

Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen.
Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble."
Definitions include: "buy one get one" free.
Definitions include: don't be mistaken; "believe it".
Definitions include: from the beginning.
Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work".
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other.
Definitions include: to acquire a buzz.
Definitions include: to be excited by.
Definitions include: to enjoy.
Definitions include: see clue.
Definitions include: to steal.
Definitions include: to ingest a drug.

Other terms relating to 'wink':

Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion.
Definitions include: very quickly.
Definitions include: sleep.

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