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get into bed with

get in·to bed with
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [get in-too bed with, with]
    • /gɛt ˈɪn tu bɛd wɪθ, wɪð/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [get in-too bed with, with]
    • /gɛt ˈɪn tu bɛd wɪθ, wɪð/

Definitions of get into bed with words

  • noun get into bed with a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 1
  • noun get into bed with the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 1
  • noun get into bed with the bedstead alone. 1
  • noun get into bed with the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. 1
  • noun get into bed with the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. 1
  • noun get into bed with the marital relationship. 1

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Origin of get into bed with

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bedd; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch bed, Old Saxon bed(de), Old High German betti (German Bett), Gothic badi < Germanic *badjan (neuter); akin to Latin fodere to dig, OCS bodǫ, Lithuanian bedù I pierce, Welsh bedd a grave; presumably a bed was dug out in the ground

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Parts of speech for Get into bed with

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

get into bed with popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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