put to bed
English
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Verb
put to bed (third-person singular simple present puts to bed, present participle putting to bed, simple past and past participle put to bed)
- (transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
- (transitive, idiomatic, printing) To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
- Coordinate term: go to bed
- (transitive, idiomatic, sports) To finalise the result, seal a win.
- 2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
- Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.
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- (transitive, idiomatic) To dispel.
- I hope we can put those doubts to bed.
Related terms
- bed down
- tuck in
- go to bed
- in bed
- put to rest
- put to bed with a shovel
Translations
help someone go to bed
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