bed down

phrasal verb

bedded down; bedding down; beds down
1
: to lie down somewhere for sleep
There were so many people that some of us had to bed down in the living room.
2
: to provide (a person or animal) with a place to sleep
They bedded us down in the living room.
When the animals had been fed and bedded down, we went inside to eat dinner.

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Until then, travelers can opt to bed down in Koror’s first luxury boutique hotel, the Hotel Indigo Palau, opening in 2025 with lagoon and ocean-front views. Chloe Sachdev, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2024 When bedding together, does bed down facing different directions. Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024 However, if your group prefers stepping out to brunch or a bar over the sand, simply reverse that order and plan to bed down in downtown. Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024 The readers of Travel + Leisure want more from their vacation rentals than merely a place to bed down. Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 Young kids might not fully make their beds, but tidying their beds is a good first step in learning how to successfully make a bed down the road. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024 The rams and the bull had been bedded down on the same shale slide. Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024 The latest addresses to bed down in 2024 will soon include PURO in the Śródmieście district and Flaner Hotel in the heart of the city set on Krakowskie Przedmieście. Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024 If any homeless resident bedded down beneath the building’s generous overhang, security has cleared them out. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024

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“Bed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bed%20down. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

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