sleep over
A2 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
Stay and sleep at a friend's house for the night.
Literal meaning: To sleep over at a place — to come and sleep there.
Meanings
1 A2 informal
To spend the night at a friend's or relative's home instead of going back to your own.
"Can I sleep over at Maya's house on Friday? Her parents said it's okay."
"You wanna sleep over?"
— Home Alone, film, 1990 (informal dialogue, attributed to the screenplay by John Hughes)
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Extremely common in American and Canadian English, especially among children and teenagers. The noun 'sleepover' (one word) refers to the event itself. Adults use it too, though 'stay over' is equally common for adults. Very rare in formal contexts.
Commonly used with
friend's house weekend party tonight kids classmate
Forms
Base
sleep over
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sleeps over
he/she/it
Past simple
slept over
yesterday
Past participle
slept over
have + pp
-ing form
sleeping over
continuous
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