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Breathe in groggily and go to sleep (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hibernate

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'sleep' is the definition.
(I know that hibernate is a more specific form of the action sleep)

'breathe in groggily' is the wordplay.
'groggily' is an anagram indicator.
'breathe'+'in'='breathein'
'breathein' is an anagram of 'HIBERNATE'.

'and go to' is the link.
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(Other definitions for hibernate that I've seen before include "remain inactive for months" , "Of animals, sleep through the winter" , "Become dormant" , "go dormant" , "Breathe in to settle down for winter sleep" .)

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