HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › Put to bed
← Back to search

Meaning of Put to bed | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
    transitive
  2. To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
    idiomatic, transitive
  3. To finalise the result, seal a win.
    idiomatic, transitive
  4. To dispel.
    idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

العربية رقد
Azərbaycanca yatızdırmaq
Deutsch zu Bett bringen
Ελληνικά αποκοιμίζω κοιμίζω
Esperanto enlitiĝi
Español acostar
Français coucher mettre au lit
עברית השכיב
Bahasa Indonesia menidurkan
Íslenska svæfa
Italiano mettere a letto
日本語 寝かし付ける 寝かせる
Polski kłaść pokłaść położyć
Português pôr para dormir
Русский укла́дывать в посте́ль укла́дывать спать уложи́ть в посте́ль уложи́ть спать
Svenska knyta ihop säcken lägga natta stoppa om

Examples

“Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.”
“I hope we can put those doubts to bed.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

put to bed with a shovel put to death put to good use put to lie put to rest put to sea

Learn this word in context

See Put to bed used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free