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goes to bed

goes to bed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to bed.

Meaning of go to bed

Verb

go to bed (third-person singular simple present goes to bed, present participle going to bed, simple past went to bed, past participle gone to bed)

  1. To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
    • I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed.
  2. (euphemistic) To have sex; to go to have sex.
    • Has he ever been to bed with her?
  3. Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.
    • The army newspaper "went to bed" several hours before the civilian one, […]1949, Max Eisen, How to Increase Daily Newspaper Circulation, page 43

Questions about goes to bed

What is goes to bed the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes to bed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to bed.

Words near goes to bed in the dictionary

  1. goes through the motions
  2. goes through the trouble
  3. goes through with
  4. goes to
  5. goes to bat
  6. goes to bed
  7. goes to bed with
  8. goes to bed with the chickens
  9. goes to bed with the sun
  10. goes to Cain's
  11. goes to Canossa

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