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in bed with en · ADP

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Sharing one's bed with.
   • People also ask me what was it like being in bed with Sean Connery. I said, ‘Fine.’ 2020 November 3, Stuart Jeffries, quoting Tsai Chin, “Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine'”, in The Guardian:
2. (figuratively) Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.
   • On the central issue in foreign affairs—the Iraq war—these ministers have been in bed with the Tories from the outset. 2004 March 3, Paul Foot, “In bed with the Tories”, in The Guardian:
   • He's not for the company; he's in bed with the investment bankers.

Relateds

get into bed with · strange bedfellows

Synonyms

in cahoots with

Translations (2)

fi sängyssä jonkun kanssa (sharing one's bed with) · fi sängyssä jonkun kanssa (engaging in dubious relationship)