bed down

• Phrasal verb, das bedeutet, sich oder jemanden (oder ein Tier) für die Nacht einzurichten, ein Lager oder eine provisorische Schlafstätte herzurichten.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of settling into a place to sleep, or making a temporary bed for someone or an animal.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Settle for sleepinformal

   To make a place to sleep, often temporarily or in a makeshift manner.

   Sich zum Schlafen niederlegen

   • We bedded down in the living room after the party.
   • The soldiers bedded down in the barn for the night.
   • He bedded down on the sofa because the guest room was full.

   Synonymecrashdoss downflopgo to bedlie downretiresettle downturn in

2. Become establishedinformal

   To become settled, stable, or established in a situation or place.

   Sich etablieren

   • The new policies need time to bed down before we see results.
   • The team is still bedding down after the recent changes.
   • It took a few months for the new system to bed down properly.

   Synonymesettletake holdtake root

Grundverbbed