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Meaning of toss and turn | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position.

Equivalents

Čeština obracet
Español dar vueltas en la cama escrucarse pasar la noche en dormivela pasar la noche en duermevela retorcerse revolverse rodar rolar
Nederlands woelen
Русский ворочаться поворо́чаться
Українська кидатися кинутися
Tiếng Việt trăn trở trằn trọc

Examples

“I didn't get⟳ a wink of sleep⟳. I was tossing and turning all night long.”
“for, after tossing and turning the greatest part of the night, and tormenting myself with the falsest notions and apprehensions of things, I fell, through mere fatigue, into a kind of delirious doze”

Fanny Hill

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

toss around toss away toss down toss in toss in with toss it in

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