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catch up on sleep
make up for lost sleep
To catch up on sleep means to sleep more than usual after not getting enough sleep.
Hear it in real life
Are you doing anything tonight?
No, I'm staying home to catch up on sleep.
I had three early meetings this week, so I need to catch up on sleep.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to catch up my sleep.
Say: I need to catch up on sleep.
Use the preposition "on" after "catch up" in this phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
catch up on sleep; caught up on sleep; need to catch up on sleep
Your turn: say it out loud
I had three early meetings this week, so I need to catch up on sleep.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
catch up on sleep
make up for lost sleep
“I had three early meetings this week, so I need to catch up on sleep.”
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