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puts to bed

puts to bed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put to bed.

Meaning of put to bed

Verb

put to bed (third-person singular simple present puts to bed, present participle putting to bed, simple past and past participle put to bed)

  1. (transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To finalise the result, seal a win.
    • Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To dispel.
    • I hope we can put those doubts to bed.

Questions about puts to bed

What is puts to bed the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts to bed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put to bed.

Words near puts to bed in the dictionary

  1. puts through
  2. puts through the mangle
  3. puts through the mill
  4. puts through the wringer
  5. puts to
  6. puts to bed
  7. puts to death
  8. puts to good account
  9. puts to good use
  10. puts to lie
  11. puts to rest

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