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Meaning of outsleep | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To sleep longer than or beyond.

transitive

Examples

“And often in his secret soul he prays To sleep through barren periods unaware, Arousing at some longed-for date of pleasure; Which having passed and yielded him small treasure, He would outsleep another term of care.”
“I stay in bed, outsleeping the rain and reading.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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