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Meanings of oversleep in English

To fail to wake up at the intended time.

Usage of oversleep in English
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But I was afraid you would oversleep yourself, and miss the ball.
Trumps
2
I was afraid I'd oversleep, and I kept awake nearly all night.
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
3
Poor Junie would have to oversleep herself on Sunday, that was all.
The Glimpses of the Moon
4
If we use a mild shock to awaken us, we won't oversleep.
Islands of Space
5
The reader will easily imagine I did not oversleep myself the following morning.
Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
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You may be sure he did not oversleep the next morning.
Bertha, Our Little German Cousin
7
Depressed adults often undereat and undersleep; teenagers are more likely to overeat and oversleep.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
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You were not wont to oversleep yourself on the day of the Bridge Fight.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
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The next morning the oversleep and nearly miss the bus.
The new yorker
10
Various alarm clocks go off so he will not oversleep.
The new yorker
11
But then I should be sure to oversleep myself and be late for breakfast.
Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel
12
He will only fall asleep for a little while, otherwise-well ,hemay oversleep himself.
The Last Spike / And Other Railroad Stories
13
Good gracious, child what made you oversleep yourself so?
Capitola the Madcap
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That he might not oversleep next morning, he went to spend the night in the lodge.
The Party and Other Stories
15
Rachel had let him oversleep... probably on purpose.
Pet Sematary
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There's no rule that says you mustn't oversleep.
A bridge to the stars
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