bed in
To allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“It takes a few days to bed in at a new job.”
“We gave the new team members a week to bed in before assigning them any major projects.”
“The manager allowed the new software system to bed in for several months before she fully integrated it into the company's daily operations.”
Derived from the horticultural practice of introducing a plant or seed into a prepared bed of soil. The metaphor assumes a period of settling within a stable environment to ensure future growth.
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bed blocker
An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.
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bed of roses
A pleasant or easy situation; an untroubled existence.
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get out of bed on the wrong side
To start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.
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get up on the wrong side of the bed
To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.
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make one's bed and lie in it
To create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.
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marriage bed
Sexual activity between a married couple.
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put to bed
To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
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shit the bed
Of a person or thing, to fail, often in a complete and irreparable fashion.
Last updated August 10, 2026