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make one's bed

make one's bed verb: to make the bed in which one has slept. Also the ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it.

Verb

make one's bed (third-person singular simple present makes one's bed, present participle making one's bed, simple past and past participle made one's bed)

  1. (literally) To make the bed in which one has slept.

Also used as

make one's bed is also the ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it.

Forms of make one's bed

third-person singular presentmakes one's bed
present participlemaking one's bed
past participlemade one's bed
pastmade one's bed

Questions about make one's bed

What does make one's bed mean?
Make one's bed means to make the bed in which one has slept.
What part of speech is make one's bed?
Make one's bed is a verb.
What is the past tense of make one's bed?
The past tense of make one's bed is made one's bed.

Words near make one's bed in the dictionary

  1. make off
  2. make off with
  3. make off without payment
  4. make old bones
  5. make one
  6. make one's bed
  7. make one's bed and lie in it
  8. make one's bones
  9. make one's bow
  10. make one's entrance
  11. make one's exit

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