"put to bed" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put to bed.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts to bed [present, singular, third-person], putting to bed [participle, present], put to bed [participle, past], put to bed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> to bed}} put to bed (third-person singular simple present puts to bed, present participle putting to bed, simple past and past participle put to bed)
  1. (transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed. Tags: transitive Related terms: bed down, tuck in, go to bed, in bed, put to rest, put to bed with a shovel Translations (help someone go to bed): κοιτάζω (koitázō) (Ancient Greek), yatızdırmaq (Azerbaijani), 安顿睡觉 (Chinese Mandarin), enlitigi (Esperanto), magama panema (Estonian), laittaa nukkumaan (Finnish), panna nukkumaan (Finnish), coucher (French), mettre au lit (French), zu Bett bringen (German), αποκοιμίζω (apokoimízo) (Greek), lefektet (Hungarian), ágyba tesz (Hungarian), ágyba dug (Hungarian), svæfa (Icelandic), fá til að sofna (Icelandic), mettere a letto (Italian), 寝かせる (nekaseru) (alt: ねかせる) (Japanese), cuccà (Neapolitan), kłaść do łózka [imperfective] (Polish), położyć do łózka [perfective] (Polish), pôr para dormir (Portuguese), укла́дывать в посте́ль (ukládyvatʹ v postélʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уложи́ть в посте́ль (uložítʹ v postélʹ) [perfective] (Russian), укла́дывать спать (ukládyvatʹ spatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уложи́ть спать (uložítʹ spatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), acostar (Spanish), lägga (Swedish), stoppa om (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-put_to_bed-en-verb-QPNvbb5T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 7 29 3 Disambiguation of 'help someone go to bed': 90 5 2 2
  2. (transitive, idiomatic, printing) To prepare (a newspaper) for printing. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-put_to_bed-en-verb-GlZyN2SB Topics: media, printing, publishing
  3. (transitive, idiomatic, sports) To finalise the result, seal a win. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-put_to_bed-en-verb-0BlHe3Cm Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) To dispel. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_to_bed-en-verb-uzKB4vKG

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, idiomatic, sports) To finalise the result, seal a win."
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        {
          "text": "I hope we can put those doubts to bed."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To dispel."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To dispel."
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "magama panema"
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "panna nukkumaan"
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
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      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "αποκοιμίζω"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "koitázō",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "κοιτάζω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "lefektet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "ágyba tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "ágyba dug"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "svæfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "fá til að sofna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "mettere a letto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねかせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nekaseru",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "寝かせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "cuccà"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kłaść do łózka"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "położyć do łózka"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "pôr para dormir"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukládyvatʹ v postélʹ",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "укла́дывать в посте́ль"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uložítʹ v postélʹ",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уложи́ть в посте́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukládyvatʹ spatʹ",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "укла́дывать спать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uložítʹ spatʹ",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уложи́ть спать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "acostar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "lägga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "help someone go to bed",
      "word": "stoppa om"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put to bed"
}

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