"make one's bed" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make one's bed.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes one's bed [present, singular, third-person], making one's bed [participle, present], made one's bed [participle, past], made one's bed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> one's bed}} make one's bed (third-person singular simple present makes one's bed, present participle making one's bed, simple past and past participle made one's bed)
  1. (literally) To make the bed in which one has slept. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-make_one's_bed-en-verb-dkzGCeEk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. (idiomatic) Alternative form of make one's bed and lie in it Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Alternative form of: make one's bed and lie in it
    Sense id: en-make_one's_bed-en-verb-KDkHjy3w

Inflected forms

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