bed in
Britishverb
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(preposition) engineering to fit (parts) together accurately or (of parts) to be fitted together, either through machining or use, as in fitting a bearing to its shaft
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(preposition) to make or become settled and able to work efficiently in harmony
Example Sentences
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But she has also had to leave work, and on a bad day she is in bed in the dark.
From BBC
A bright-red tomato soup sits on a food tray in a photo he took from his hospital bed in 2021.
“Why’s she in bed in her room, and not with the others?”
From Literature
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After watching his show, viewers often went to bed in a better mood.
In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.
From Barron's
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