catch forty winks

See: FORTY WINKS.

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forty winks

[forty winks] {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

shut-eye

[shut-eye] {n.}, {slang} Sleep. * /It's very late. We'd better get some shut-eye./ * /I'm going to get some shut-eye before the game./ Compare: [FORTY WINKS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

wink

[wink] See: [FORTY WINKS], [SLEEP A WINK]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch-as-catch-can

[catch-as-catch-can] {adj. phr.} Using any means or method; unplanned; free. * /Rip van Winkle seems to have led a catch-as-catch-can life./ * /Politics is rather a catch-as-catch-can business./ Compare: [HIT-OR-MISS]. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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