put to bed en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
- (transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To finalise the result, seal a win.
Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.
2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
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(idiomatic, transitive) To dispel.
I hope we can put those doubts to bed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| puts to bed | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| put to bed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put to bed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| putting to bed | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Relateds
in bed · tuck in · put to rest · bed down · go to bed · put to bed with a shovel
Translations (31)
fi laittaa nukkumaan (help someone go to bed) · sv lägga (help someone go to bed) · fi panna nukkumaan (help someone go to bed) · az yatızdırmaq (help someone go to bed) · hu lefektet (help someone go to bed) · it mettere a letto (help someone go to bed) · fr coucher (help someone go to bed) · de zu Bett bringen (help someone go to bed) · is fá til að sofna (help someone go to bed) · pl położyć do łóżka (help someone go to bed) · hu ágyba dug (help someone go to bed) · nb få i seng (help someone go to bed) · ru уложи́ть в посте́ль (help someone go to bed) · ru укла́дывать спать (help someone go to bed) · pl kłaść do łóżka (help someone go to bed) · hu ágyba tesz (help someone go to bed) · fr mettre au lit (help someone go to bed) · sv stoppa om (help someone go to bed) · pt pôr para dormir (help someone go to bed) · ja 寝かせる (help someone go to bed) · is svæfa (help someone go to bed) · es acostar (help someone go to bed) · ru уложи́ть спать (help someone go to bed) · grc κοιτάζω (help someone go to bed) · nb legge (help someone go to bed) · nap cuccà (help someone go to bed) · cmn 安顿睡觉 (help someone go to bed) · ru укла́дывать в посте́ль (help someone go to bed) · et magama panema (help someone go to bed) · el αποκοιμίζω (help someone go to bed) · eo enlitigi (help someone go to bed)