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in bed with

in bed with preposition: sharing one's bed with.

Preposition

in bed with

  1. Sharing one's bed with.
    • People also ask me what was it like being in bed with Sean Connery. I said, ‘Fine.’2020 November 3, Stuart Jeffries, quoting Tsai Chin, “Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine'”, in The Guardian
  2. (figuratively) Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.
    • He's not for the company; he's in bed with the investment bankers.
    • On the central issue in foreign affairs—the Iraq war—these ministers have been in bed with the Tories from the outset.2004 March 3, Paul Foot, “In bed with the Tories”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    in cahoots with

Synonyms of in bed with

  • in cahoots with

Questions about in bed with

What does in bed with mean?
In bed with means sharing one's bed with.
What part of speech is in bed with?
In bed with is a preposition.

Words near in bed with in the dictionary

  1. in ballast condition
  2. in banc
  3. in battery
  4. in baulk
  5. in bed
  6. in bed with
  7. in before
  8. in behalf of
  9. in bend
  10. in benefit
  11. in berry

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