go to sleep

• Commencer à dormir; entrer dans un état de repos. Peut aussi être utilisé au sens figuré pour décrire l'engourdissement d'une partie du corps ou le passage d'un appareil en mode de faible consommation d'énergie.

To begin sleeping; to enter a state of rest. Can also be used figuratively to describe a body part becoming numb or a device entering a low-power mode.

1. Begin sleepingA1informal

   To start the process of sleeping; to fall asleep.

   s'endormir

   • I usually go to sleep around 11 PM.
   • The baby went to sleep after her bottle.
   • Try to go to sleep early before the big day.

2. Become numbB1informal

   To lose sensation in a part of the body, often due to pressure or lack of blood flow.

   S'engourdir

   • My foot went to sleep because I was sitting on it.
   • His arm went to sleep while he was sleeping on it.
   • After sitting cross-legged for an hour, my legs went to sleep.