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Meaning of asleep at the wheel | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of asleep at the switch.

Examples

“Ministers have been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” over threats to the UK’s soft power around the world, as some of their own advisers warned a funding crisis is undermining key institutions promoting British influence.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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