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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Lauren Zalewski, a nurse, pushed the bed down the hallway, around the corner and into the operating room. Jeff Seidel, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023 The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff at a senior living center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot. Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Bed down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bed%20down. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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