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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Ambition - for themselves and their party, and, they'd say, the country - is what gets politicians out of bed in the morning.
From BBC
If a bed in a homeless shelter has been taken, is that bed still “available?”
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m just getting out of bed in the morning and thinking, Maybe I should wake up earlier. Maybe I should leave the house at 6 a.m. so that I can help make sure that there are eyes on the road, eyes on the bus stop or by the schools.”
From Slate
One intriguing discovery is a deep channel incised in Antarctica's bed in an area called the Maud Subglacial Basin.
From BBC
When our granddaughter Raleigh, then 2, met Doc, he was in his bed in the kitchen, one of his five places of repose around our house.
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