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be out like a light
fall asleep quickly
If someone is out like a light, they have fallen asleep very quickly and deeply.
Hear it in real life
Did the children stay awake for the film?
No, they were out like a light.
I was out like a light as soon as my head hit the pillow.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was out as a light after the long flight.
Say: I was out like a light after the long flight.
The fixed idiom uses 'like a light,' not 'as a light.'
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be out like a light; be out like a light after something
Your turn: say it out loud
I was out like a light as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be out like a light
fall asleep quickly
“I was out like a light as soon as my head hit the pillow.”
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