sing to sleep
sing (one) to sleep
To help or cause one to fall asleep by singing. My daughter was really upset from her nightmare, so I sang her back to sleep with a lullaby my own mother had taught me. The performance was so lackluster that he actually ended up singing several people to sleep.
See also: sing, sleep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
sing someone to sleep
to sing softly and sweetly to someone until sleep comes. The mother sang her baby to sleep. Please sing Timmy to sleep. He is very restless.
See also: sing, sleep
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- sing (one) to sleep
- carry (one) back
- carry back
- the sandman's coming
- read (oneself) to sleep
- read oneself to sleep
- cry (oneself) to sleep
- cry oneself to sleep
- be in the Land of Nod
- in the Land of Nod