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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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.
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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
Clarke, armed with a metal rod, assaulted and killed Shirley, 37, and Ragsdale, 66, and seriously injured a man and a woman sleeping together, Miami police say.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
But, did Sandy and J.R. sleep together in The Ultimatum?
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
Clarke, armed with a metal rod, assaulted and killed Shirley, 37, and Ragsdale, 66, and seriously injured a man and a woman sleeping together, Miami police say.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
But, did Sandy and J.R. sleep together in The Ultimatum?
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Sleep together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20together. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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