sleep with

British  

verb

1. Also: sleep together.  (intr, preposition) to have sexual intercourse and (usually) spend the night with

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sleep with Idioms  

1. Be sexually intimate with, as in The playwright had made several attempts to sleep with the maid. The related phrase sleep together means “have sexual relations,” as in We wondered if they were sleeping together but didn't dare to ask them. The verb sleep has been associated with sex since the 10th century. Sleep with dates from the 1300s sleep together was first recorded a century later.

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Example Sentences

When Jonah Ayunga and his marauding band of brothers feasted on Celtic's desperate confusion and put them to sleep with two goals in a dozen second-half minutes, Hampden erupted.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

“Families travel with the stones, share them with friends and loved ones, children paint on them; some people keep them in their pockets, and even sleep with them under their pillow,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

“Or swear there was some effect that made them see a person standing. People still have an explanation that I had something to do with it. Whatever helps you sleep with the light off.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

“When she’s away, I sleep with a night-light,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

That night I go to sleep with a full stomach.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung