be out like a light

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to go to sleep very quickly

   See he s out like a light

In the movies · 1

• See he s out like a lightThe Polar Express2004
• But you were out like a light.The Gift2015
• Out like a light.I'm Thinking of Ending Things2020
• Well, you were out like a light.Cinderella Man2005
• and I'll just go out like a light, and you'll never have a dæmon.The Golden Compass2007
• Out like a light.Fury1936

From the same entry

• according to lights
• be in light
• bring to light
• cast light on
• come to light
• in a good, bad, favourable, light
• in the light of
• the lights are on but nobody's home
• light at the end of the tunnel
• light dawned
• the light of life
• run a light

More idioms

• be your own worst enemy
• beat to the punch
• beyond wildest dreams
• blow the whistle on
• climb on the bandwagon
• get off the hook
• get your teeth into
• give a helping hand
• go head to head
• have an axe to grind
• have seen better days
• have written all over it