sleep together

idiomatic phrase

informal
: to have sex with each other
She found out that her husband and his boss were sleeping together.

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According to case reports, the teen at times would sleep together with Sterns alone in the same bed. Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025 Clarke then turned his attention across the street, to where two people were sleeping together on the sidewalk. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025 In this scene, Bob and Joan are waking up after sleeping together for the first time as the world reckons with a potential nuclear war at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025 The cast members found that their small talk, once centered on who was sleeping together, now focussed on the industry. Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sleep together

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sleep together was in 1936

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“Sleep together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20together. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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