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go to bed en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān.

Meanings

1. To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
   • I think I'll just go to bed, it's bedtime for me.
   • Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
   • I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed.
2. (euphemistic) To have sex; to go to have sex.
   • Has he ever been to bed with her?
3. Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.
   • The army newspaper "went to bed" several hours before the civilian one, […] 1949, Max Eisen, How to Increase Daily Newspaper Circulation, page 43:
   • So gone are the days when a Vanguard reporter who had gone to cover an assignment in Victoria Island may not get to his office at Kirikiri before the newspaper went to bed because the reporter was held back by the usual Lagos traffic jam. 2007, Ikechukwu Enoch Nwosu, E. O. Soola, Communication in Global, ICTs and Ecosystem Perspectives, page 238:

Forms

Coordinates

put to bed

Relateds

put to bed · go to bed with · go to sleep · sleep · fall asleep · come to bed

Synonyms

hit the hay · hit the hay · couch a hogshead · turn in · turn into a pumpkin · hit the sack · bed down · go to sleep · hit the rack · seek one's virtuous couch · go to bed · hit the sack · retire

Translations (81)

km ចូលគេង (to lie down to sleep) · fi mennä nukkumaan (to lie down to sleep) · nb legge seg (to lie down to sleep) · nl gaan slapen (to lie down to sleep) · uk ляга́ти спа́ти (to lie down to sleep) · eo enlitiĝi (to lie down to sleep) · nb gå til sengs (to lie down to sleep) · es ensobrarse (to lie down to sleep) · tr yatmak (to lie down to sleep) · ang tō bedde gān (to lie down to sleep) · mk о́ди да спи́е (to lie down to sleep) · uk лягти́ спа́ти (to lie down to sleep) · la cubitum ire (to lie down to sleep) · la decumbo (to lie down to sleep) · it coricarsi (to lie down to sleep) · nb gå og legge seg (to lie down to sleep) · sv gå och lägga sig (to lie down to sleep) · es empiltrarse (to lie down to sleep) · cmn 就寢 /就寝 (to lie down to sleep) · scn curcàrisi (to lie down to sleep) · crh yatmaq (to lie down to sleep) · de ins Bett gehen (to lie down to sleep) · is leggjast til svefns (to lie down to sleep) · de schlafen gehen (to lie down to sleep) · sv lägga sig (to lie down to sleep) · ga téigh a chodladh (to lie down to sleep) · hu lefekszik aludni (to lie down to sleep) · es planchar la oreja (to lie down to sleep) · es irse a la cama (to lie down to sleep) · vi đi ngủ (to lie down to sleep) · mk ле́гнува да спи́е (to lie down to sleep) · ain モコㇿ (to lie down to sleep) · hu elmegy aludni (to lie down to sleep) · cmn 睡覺 /睡觉 (to lie down to sleep) · pt ir para a cama (to lie down to sleep) · ko 자다 (to lie down to sleep) · ca gitar-se (to lie down to sleep) · la discumbo (to lie down to sleep) · eu ohera joan (to lie down to sleep) · ja 眠る (to lie down to sleep) · sv gå till sängs (to lie down to sleep) · nl naar bed gaan (to lie down to sleep) · scn curcari (to lie down to sleep) · es acostarse (to lie down to sleep) · gd rach mu thàmh (to lie down to sleep) · ko 취침하다 (to lie down to sleep) · yo lọ sùn (to lie down to sleep) · pl kłaść się do łóżka (to lie down to sleep) · is fara í háttinn (to lie down to sleep) · pl położyć się do łóżka (to lie down to sleep) · bg лягам си (to lie down to sleep) · da gå i seng (to lie down to sleep) · ja 臥せる (to lie down to sleep) · nv iiłháásh (to lie down to sleep) · pt ir dormir (to lie down to sleep) · zdj ulala (to lie down to sleep) · cs jít spát (to lie down to sleep) · tr yatağa yatmak (to lie down to sleep) · ca colgar-se (to lie down to sleep) · pt deitar-se (to lie down to sleep) · be кла́сціся спаць (to lie down to sleep) · nn gå og legge seg (to lie down to sleep) · it andare a letto (to lie down to sleep) · hu aludni megy (to lie down to sleep) · fr aller au lit (to lie down to sleep) · fr aller se coucher (to lie down to sleep) · ca allitar-se (to lie down to sleep) · de zu Bett gehen (to lie down to sleep) · hu lefekszik (to lie down to sleep) · pt recolher-se (to lie down to sleep) · ro a se culca (to lie down to sleep) · nn gå til sengs (to lie down to sleep) · cmn 上床 (to lie down to sleep) · ru лечь спать (to lie down to sleep) · ru ложи́ться спать (to lie down to sleep) · nn legge seg (to lie down to sleep) · fr se coucher (to lie down to sleep) · be ле́гчы спаць (to lie down to sleep) · ife sũ̀ (to lie down to sleep) · scn cuccari (to lie down to sleep) · it andare a dormire (to lie down to sleep)

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