go to bed with

Idioms  

1. Engage in sex with; see go all the way , def. 2.

2. go to bed with the chickens . Retire very early, as in She made the children go to bed with the chickens . The chickens here alludes to the fact that domestic fowl generally go to sleep at sundown.

3. Also, . Form a close association with, as in There's always the danger that the inspectors will get in bed with the industries they're supposed to be inspecting . This usage simply extends the sexual relationship of def. 1 to broader use.

4. go to bed . Start printing a newspaper or other publication. The allusion here is that the morning newspaper is usually printed sometime during the night before. For example, It's too late for your story; the paper went to bed half an hour ago . [Mid-1800s]

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go to bed with

"It’s a crazy country. You go to bed with one president and wake up with another," Fabiola Fernandez, a self‑employed worker, told AFP in Lima Thursday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

"Jessica was the one who used to go to bed with a football, she was dedicated from an early stage," her father Kevyn said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

On many a summer night I’d go to bed with a transistor radio next to my ear, just loud enough to transport me to Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

Every night I go to bed with her back to me, a silhouette set against the glowing screen on her nightstand.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022

I eat the deli food I’ve brought with me from a Minneapolis supermarket and go to bed with my clothes on, but not to sleep.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich