Make sleep or get someone sleep
How can I rephrase "I made the child sleep" without the word ' make' ?
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How can I rephrase "I made the child sleep" without the word ' make' ?
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There isn’t really a word for causing someone to sleep since it’s not possible to directly cause someone to sleep (with the possible exception of hypnotism). You can lull or sing them to sleep, you can bore them to sleep, or you can even knock them unconscious and make them ‘sleep’, but you’re not actually making them sleep in any of those cases: you’re just providing better circumstances for their natural need/desire for sleep to overtake them, in the same way the rocking of a boat or train often does.
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How can I rephrase "I made the child sleep" without the word ' make' ?
grammatical-structure
asked 16 hours ago
Mathew KJ
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How can I rephrase "I made the child sleep" without the word ' make' ?
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asked 16 hours ago
Mathew KJ
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asked 16 hours ago
Mathew KJ
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asked 16 hours ago
Mathew KJ
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asked 16 hours ago
Mathew KJ
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asked 16 hours ago
Mathew KJ
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There isn’t really a word for causing someone to sleep since it’s not possible to directly cause someone to sleep (with the possible exception of hypnotism). You can lull or sing them to sleep, you can bore them to sleep, or you can even knock them unconscious and make them ‘sleep’, but you’re not actually making them sleep in any of those cases: you’re just providing better circumstances for their natural need/desire for sleep to overtake them, in the same way the rocking of a boat or train often does.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
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There isn’t really a word for causing someone to sleep since it’s not possible to directly cause someone to sleep (with the possible exception of hypnotism). You can lull or sing them to sleep, you can bore them to sleep, or you can even knock them unconscious and make them ‘sleep’, but you’re not actually making them sleep in any of those cases: you’re just providing better circumstances for their natural need/desire for sleep to overtake them, in the same way the rocking of a boat or train often does.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
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There isn’t really a word for causing someone to sleep since it’s not possible to directly cause someone to sleep (with the possible exception of hypnotism). You can lull or sing them to sleep, you can bore them to sleep, or you can even knock them unconscious and make them ‘sleep’, but you’re not actually making them sleep in any of those cases: you’re just providing better circumstances for their natural need/desire for sleep to overtake them, in the same way the rocking of a boat or train often does.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago
There isn’t really a word for causing someone to sleep since it’s not possible to directly cause someone to sleep (with the possible exception of hypnotism). You can lull or sing them to sleep, you can bore them to sleep, or you can even knock them unconscious and make them ‘sleep’, but you’re not actually making them sleep in any of those cases: you’re just providing better circumstances for their natural need/desire for sleep to overtake them, in the same way the rocking of a boat or train often does.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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It's common to say "I put the child to bed". "Put to bed" means to help or prepare someone to go to sleep, and would be commonly said of a child being directed to go to their bed, tucked in, etc.
There is a similar phrase "put to sleep" which can also mean to directly cause someone to sleep or render them unconscious; but it has a secondary euphemistic meaning "to kill", so it may not be appropriate in all circumstances.
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
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also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
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lull to sleep TFD
to quiet and comfort someone to sleep.
As in:
"I lulled the child sleep"
to lull: To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
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It's common to say "I put the child to bed". "Put to bed" means to help or prepare someone to go to sleep, and would be commonly said of a child being directed to go to their bed, tucked in, etc.
There is a similar phrase "put to sleep" which can also mean to directly cause someone to sleep or render them unconscious; but it has a secondary euphemistic meaning "to kill", so it may not be appropriate in all circumstances.
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
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also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
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It's common to say "I put the child to bed". "Put to bed" means to help or prepare someone to go to sleep, and would be commonly said of a child being directed to go to their bed, tucked in, etc.
There is a similar phrase "put to sleep" which can also mean to directly cause someone to sleep or render them unconscious; but it has a secondary euphemistic meaning "to kill", so it may not be appropriate in all circumstances.
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
20.4k35891
also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
add a comment |
It's common to say "I put the child to bed". "Put to bed" means to help or prepare someone to go to sleep, and would be commonly said of a child being directed to go to their bed, tucked in, etc.
There is a similar phrase "put to sleep" which can also mean to directly cause someone to sleep or render them unconscious; but it has a secondary euphemistic meaning "to kill", so it may not be appropriate in all circumstances.
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
20.4k35891
It's common to say "I put the child to bed". "Put to bed" means to help or prepare someone to go to sleep, and would be commonly said of a child being directed to go to their bed, tucked in, etc.
There is a similar phrase "put to sleep" which can also mean to directly cause someone to sleep or render them unconscious; but it has a secondary euphemistic meaning "to kill", so it may not be appropriate in all circumstances.
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
20.4k35891
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
20.4k35891
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
20.4k35891
answered 15 hours ago
Mark Beadles
20.4k35891
20.4k35891
also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
add a comment |
also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
also: tuck sb in?
– Omega Krypton
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
As someone who always had trouble sleeping as a child (even back then I was a night owl), I have to disagree that put to bed is appropriate here. My parents may have put me to bed at 8 PM, but it would usually be another hour or so until I actually slept. For infants, the two are closer to being synonymous, since putting a baby to bed usually entails sitting by the bed until the baby actually sleeps; but for older children, they can be quite far apart.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@JanusBahsJacquet Oh, I agree that the attempt may not be successful! But it's admittedly hard to know exactly which usages OP is looking for with "I made the child slee[."
– Mark Beadles
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
@MarkBeadles I agree – that’s why I voted to put the question on hold as unclear. It should really be clarified before being answered.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
14 hours ago
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lull to sleep TFD
to quiet and comfort someone to sleep.
As in:
"I lulled the child sleep"
to lull: To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
answered 14 hours ago
lbf
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lull to sleep TFD
to quiet and comfort someone to sleep.
As in:
"I lulled the child sleep"
to lull: To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
answered 14 hours ago
lbf
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lull to sleep TFD
to quiet and comfort someone to sleep.
As in:
"I lulled the child sleep"
to lull: To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
answered 14 hours ago
lbf
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lull to sleep TFD
to quiet and comfort someone to sleep.
As in:
"I lulled the child sleep"
to lull: To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
answered 14 hours ago
lbf
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answered 14 hours ago
lbf
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answered 14 hours ago
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There isn’t really a word for causing someone to sleep since it’s not possible to directly cause someone to sleep (with the possible exception of hypnotism). You can lull or sing them to sleep, you can bore them to sleep, or you can even knock them unconscious and make them ‘sleep’, but you’re not actually making them sleep in any of those cases: you’re just providing better circumstances for their natural need/desire for sleep to overtake them, in the same way the rocking of a boat or train often does.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
15 hours ago