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• v  take a siesta
• s  not prepared or vigilant
  the blow caught him napping

• Sara Maghen, 17, leaves school one period early this semester, but she isn't spending the time chatting online with friends or napping at the beach.
• A PTI photo essay on May 31 - June 5: A crescent sun over Beirut, a brief protest in Mexico City and a gorilla in the midst of napping.
• Yet most businesses still reject public napping.

• nap
• catnap
• catch a wink
• off-guard
• off guard
• off one's guard
• off his guard
• off her guard
• off your guard

News & Articles

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• Sleepy bank clerk's $293 million error
  Power napping has many fans but falling asleep at the desk could have cost one German bank millions and an employee her job.
  June 11, 2013 - CNN Money
• Dozing at your desk can be costly, as German bank finds out
  Power napping has many fans, but falling asleep at the desk could have cost one German bank millions and an employee her job.
  June 11, 2013 - WJXT Jacksonville
• Millions transferred when bank worker falls asleep on the job
  Power napping has many fans, but falling asleep at the desk could have cost one German bank millions and an employee her job.
  June 11, 2013 - WQAD Moline

Quotes

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• Bubba Watson in 940 News
  I bug him enough, I guess, and he lets me play with him,Watson said. "It's great. ...... I'm just napping at his feet to see how he works and see how he ticks."
• Ron Wilson in San Francisco Chronicle
  It wasn't Vesa's fault, to be left alone like that,Wilson said. "We got caught napping a little bit."
• Jerry Sloan in ESPN
  Rondo puts pressure on you defensively with his ability to push the ball up the floor,said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. "They caught us a lot of times napping and he would push it and get an easy basket."