asleep at the switch
Example Sentences
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Another administration official insisted that just because they had not announced any public actions, it doesn’t mean they were asleep at the switch.
From Washington Times • May 12, 2022
For eight years, Ike had been asleep at the switch.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2022
Years of inaction have justifiably led critics to complain that regulators around the world have been asleep at the switch.
From The Verge • Apr. 9, 2019
Nobody is asleep at the switch or resigned to the current situation.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2016
And there stood Maggie, my wife, with never a scar from the ditch, I'd been taking a nap in my bed, and had not been "asleep at the switch."
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