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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Example Sentences

"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

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 don’t know that it’s possible to go to bed with a settled mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

I still go to bed with her face kind of burned into my mind, of just seeing her sitting out there watching us, and that’s what kills me.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2020

Scruggs didn’t go to bed with Rebecca that night, but stayed up alone.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge