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.

Examples of bed down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The event takes place after most animals have bedded down for the evening, so zoo animals will not be available for viewing. —Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025

Some Associates have already received more funding since cricket’s Olympic inclusion, but others are in limbo with the qualification process still not bedded down. —Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

Then the billy bedded down, pinning us behind a lone spruce tree for over an hour. —Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025

The solo shelter features a 72-in-long (183-cm) floor that tapers from 24 inches (61 cm) at the head to 18 in (46 cm) at the foot, providing just enough room to bed down for the night with a sleeping pad and bag. —New Atlas, 17 May 2025

The attack, late on April 26, came as the woman prepared to bed down for the night in the area of 17th Avenue and Stockton Boulevard in the unincorporated Fruitridge Pocket neighborhood. —Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025

While bedding down in her SUV on so many nights because the vehicle felt safer than any available alternatives, the kids designated the front seat of the SUV their dining room and the middle row of seats the living room. —Jeff Hobbs, Time, 10 Apr. 2025

When film culture beds down with godlessness, the ludicrous result is Conclave. —Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025

La Cantina di Miky andrey ak/La Cantina di Miky Vernazza and Manarola are often considered the prima donnas of Cinque Terre, but Monterosso al Mare wins for personality, with the most to offer visitors from where to bed down to local wining and family-run dining. —Kasia Dietz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023

Rhymes for bed down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown