Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Napping

To catch one napping. To find a person unprepared or off his guard. (Anglo-Saxon, hnappung, slumbering.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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