getting shut-eye

ADJECTIVE

asleep

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comatose dormant

WEAK

catching some zzz's conked crashed dozing dreaming flaked out hibernating in dreamland in repose inactive inert napping on the kip out out cold out like a light out of it reposing resting sacked out sleeping slumbering snoozing snoring somnolent taking forty winks

Antonyms

WEAK

attentive awake conscious

Example Sentences

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getting shut-eye

But now, when it comes to shutting down before getting shut-eye, we see how much times have changed.

From US News ● Aug. 18, 2015