dead to the world

idiom

informal
: sleeping very deeply
You can't wake him up. He's dead to the world.

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“Dead to the world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20to%20the%20world. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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