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sleep together

idiom
Meaning

To have sex with each other.


Examples
SIMPLE

They decided to sleep together after their third date.

CONTEXTUAL

After months of dating, they finally felt comfortable enough to sleep together for the first time.

COMPLEX

The tension between the two characters had been building for weeks before they eventually chose to sleep together in the quiet hotel room.

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  1. 01

    band together

    to unite, to come together

  2. 02

    bang some heads together

    Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force.

  3. 03

    beauty sleep

    Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep.

  4. 04

    big sleep

    Death.

  5. 05

    birds of a feather flock together

    People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.

  6. 06

    bring together

    To cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness.

  7. 07

    cry oneself to sleep

    To cry until or to fall asleep.

  8. 08

    eat, breathe, and sleep

    To devote one's time obsessively to.

Last updated April 17, 2026