The Scouts plan to sleep out next Saturday.
Mrs. Jones' maid sleeps in, but her cook sleeps out.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
sleep out — {v.} 1. To sleep outdoors. * /The Scouts plan to sleep out next Saturday./ 2. To go home at night instead of sleeping at the place where you work. * /Mrs. Jones maid sleeps in, but her cook sleeps out./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sleep out — {v.} 1. To sleep outdoors. * /The Scouts plan to sleep out next Saturday./ 2. To go home at night instead of sleeping at the place where you work. * /Mrs. Jones maid sleeps in, but her cook sleeps out./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sleep-out — /sleep owt /, adj. 1. live out. n. 2. a person who lives elsewhere than at the place of employment. 3. an act or instance of sleeping outdoors. [1910 15; adj., n. use of v. phrase sleep out] * * * … Universalium
sleep-out — noun count 1. ) an occasion when you sleep outside 2. ) AUSTRALIAN a VERANDA (=open area with a floor and roof attached to a house) or small building near a house that has been made into a bedroom … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sleep out — verb work in a house where one does not live our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home • Syn: ↑live out • Ant: ↑live in (for: ↑live out) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sleep out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms sleep out : present tense I/you/we/they sleep out he/she/it sleeps out present participle sleeping out past tense slept out past participle slept out to sleep outside Most people who sleep out do it because… … English dictionary
sleep-out — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: sleep out 1. Australia : a place for sleeping outdoors; especially : sleeping porch … Useful english dictionary
sleep-out — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sleep out : singular sleep out plural sleep outs 1) mainly American an occasion when you sleep outside 2) Australian a veranda (= open area with a floor and roof joined to a house) or small building near a… … English dictionary
sleep out — intransitive verb Date: 1818 to sleep outdoors … New Collegiate Dictionary
sleep-out — /ˈslip aʊt/ (say sleep owt) noun 1. a partially enclosed porch or verandah, used as sleeping quarters. 2. Especially Victoria a separate outbuilding used as sleeping quarters …
