Quickly asleep, unconscious, sleeping soundly
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- The wonders of electricity has great part in the generation of this idiom. In the 20th century, people of America were able to turn on and turn off the lights just through the switch. By the middle of the 20th century, the term “out like a light” was used to refer to a person who has fallen sleep immediately. The reason of sleep is basically that the person quickly was unconscious like the case when a person is knocked out in the boxing ring or drugged.
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Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Out like a Light':
| out like a light | Asleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep. |
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