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not sleep a wink
USUK
to not sleep at all during the night
Always negative: didn't, couldn't, hardly. A common variant is 'not get a wink of sleep'.
In context
The neighbours had a karaoke party until 3 a.m., so I didn't sleep a wink.
She was so nervous about the interview that she couldn't sleep a wink.
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