going 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.

   Synonyms:

   hit the sack, hit the hay, hit the rack

2. (euphemistic) To have sex; to go to have sex.
   • Has he ever been to bed with her?

   Synonyms:

   couch a hogshead, go to sleep, bed down, hit the hay, hit the sack, retire, seek one's virtuous couch, turn in, turn into a pumpkin

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