sleep around

British  

verb

1. informal  (intr, adverb) to be sexually promiscuous

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sleep around Idioms  

1. Engage in sex promiscuously, as in Fortunately, no one mentioned that both of them had slept around in their younger days. [Colloquial; 1920s]

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Example Sentences

At least his judgment hasn’t been as disastrous as that of great-uncle Ted, who left a woman to die, or JFK, who surreptitiously slept around and took dodgy drugs while president.

From The Wall Street Journal

If our daughter has gone to sleep around 8, this will usually be maybe 9, 9:30 depending on if I’ve fallen asleep in the bed next door.

From Los Angeles Times

Eyewitnesses told the BBC that devotees had been sleeping around the barricades of the Sangam nose - the point of confluence of the rivers - when the crowd surged towards them, leading to the crush.

From BBC

Unable to sleep around 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Sean St. John got out of bed and drove from his Pasadena home to check on his Altadena pizzeria, Pizza of Venice.

From Los Angeles Times

In it, Penelope Hegseth calls her son a man who "belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego."

From Salon