Usually means: Fall into light, brief sleep.
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  1. doze off: Merriam-Webster
  2. doze off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doze off: Vocabulary.com
  4. doze off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. doze off: Wiktionary
  6. doze off: Dictionary.com
  7. doze off: Rhymezone
  8. doze off: FreeDictionary.org
  9. doze off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. doze off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. doze off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (doze off)

▸ verb:  To fall asleep unintentionally.
▸ noun:  A short unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.

Similar:
fall asleep, nod off, flake out, drop off, drift off, dope off, drowse off, drowse, snooze off, nod out, more...

Types:
fall asleep, nod off, drift off, slumber, more...

Adjectives:
doss, asleep, tired, fast asleep, zonked, dozy, groggy, sound asleep, nappy, cold, jet-lagged

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Similar:
fall asleep, nod off, flake out, drop off, drift off, dope off, drowse off, drowse, snooze off, nod out, more...

Types:
fall asleep, nod off, drift off, slumber, more...

Adjectives:
doss, asleep, tired, fast asleep, zonked, dozy, groggy, sound asleep, nappy, cold, jet-lagged



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