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