put to bed

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put to bed

verb puts to bed · putting to bed · put to bed

  1. transitive To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
  2. idiomatic, transitive To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
  3. idiomatic, transitive To finalise the result, seal a win. Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.
  4. idiomatic, transitive To dispel. I hope we can put those doubts to bed.

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verb help someone go to bed

Españolacostar
日本語寝かせる nekaseru
中文安顿睡觉
Portuguêspôr para dormir
Françaiscoucher, mettre au lit
Deutschzu Bett bringen
Italianomettere a letto
Ελληνικάαποκοιμίζω apokoimízo
Русскийукла́дывать в посте́ль ukládyvatʹ v postélʹ, уложи́ть в посте́ль uložítʹ v postélʹ, укла́дывать спать ukládyvatʹ spatʹ, уложи́ть спать uložítʹ spatʹ

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@misc{put_to_bed_2026,
  title = {put to bed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20to%20bed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}