Meanings
- Synonym of asleep at the switch.
Ministers have been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” over threats to the UK’s soft power around the world, as some of their own advisers warned a funding crisis is undermining key institutions promoting British influence.
2025 June 7, Michael Savage, Kiran Stacey, “Ministers accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over UK’s soft power around the world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2025Synonyms: asleep at the switch
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of asleep at the switch.
Cite this entry
asleep at the wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asleep%20at%20the%20wheel
“asleep at the wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asleep%20at%20the%20wheel. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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