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putting to bed

putting to bed is the present participle and gerund 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 putting to bed

What is putting to bed the present participle and gerund of?
Putting to bed is the present participle and gerund of put to bed.

Words near putting to bed in the dictionary

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

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