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gone to bed

gone to bed is the past participle 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 gone to bed

What is gone to bed the past participle of?
Gone to bed is the past participle of go to bed.

Words near gone to bed in the dictionary

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

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