Can I say "I oveslept something" or "I overslept doing something"? I found examples in Cambridge Dictionary with 'oversleep' used without an object: 'I missed the bus because I overslept' I wonder if

Sergey

Can I say "I oveslept something" or "I overslept doing something"? I found examples in Cambridge Dictionary with 'oversleep' used without an object: 'I missed the bus because I overslept' I wonder if I can say 'I overslept + object', for example 'I overslept the meeting' or 'I overslept going to the meeting'.

6 feb 2020 04:14

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No, your suggestions don't work. You would say, "I overslept for the meeting". You generally can't say "I overslept <something>". The only example I can think of using an object is "I overslept the alarm clock".

6 febbraio 2020

Overslept cannot take an object. It means that you slept past a deadline. It may have made you late for a meeting, but that needs to be mentioned separately. I overslept, so I was late for a meeting. I overslept - I did not hear the alarm clock. Etc

6 febbraio 2020

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