dead to the world (informal)
1. Very soundly asleep
2. Unconscious
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Main Entry: ↑dead
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dead to the world (informal)
1. Deeply asleep
2. In a drunken stupor
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dead to the world phrase
sleeping in a way that makes it very difficult to wake you
Dad was still upstairs, dead to the world.
Thesaurus: asleep and unconscioussynonym
Main entry: dead
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informal fast asleep
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dead to the world
informal : sleeping very deeply
You can't wake him up. He's dead to the world.
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Main Entry: ↑world
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ˌdead to the ˈworld idiom
fast asleep
Useful english dictionary. 2012.