put to bed

verb

To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.

“I hope we can put those doubts to bed.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person puts to bed · participle present putting to bed

  1. transitiveTo help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
  2. idiomatictransitivemediaTo prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
  3. idiomatictransitivehobbiesTo 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. idiomatictransitiveTo dispel.

    I hope we can put those doubts to bed.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lay to restput to restput to sleep

Translations

Ancient Greek κοιτάζω
  • κοιτάζω (koitázō)help someone go to bed
Chinese Mandarin 安顿睡觉
  • 安顿睡觉help someone go to bed
Esperanto enlitigi
  • enlitigihelp someone go to bed
Estonian magama panema
  • magama panemahelp someone go to bed
Finnish laittaa nukkumaan, panna nukkumaan
  • laittaa nukkumaanhelp someone go to bed
  • panna nukkumaanhelp someone go to bed
French coucher, mettre au lit
  • coucherhelp someone go to bed
  • mettre au lithelp someone go to bed
German zu Bett bringen
  • zu Bett bringenhelp someone go to bed
Greek αποκοιμίζω
  • αποκοιμίζω (apokoimízo)help someone go to bed
Hungarian lefektet, ágyba tesz
  • lefektethelp someone go to bed
  • ágyba teszhelp someone go to bed
  • ágyba dughelp someone go to bed
Icelandic svæfa, fá til að sofna
  • svæfahelp someone go to bed
  • fá til að sofnahelp someone go to bed
Italian mettere a letto
  • mettere a lettohelp someone go to bed
Japanese 寝かせる
  • 寝かせる (nekaseru)help someone go to bed
Norwegian Bokmål legge, få i seng
  • leggehelp someone go to bed
  • få i senghelp someone go to bed
Polish kłaść do łóżka, położyć do łóżka
  • kłaść do łóżkahelp someone go to bed
  • położyć do łóżkahelp someone go to bed
Portuguese pôr para dormir
  • pôr para dormirhelp someone go to bed
Russian укла́дывать в посте́ль, уложи́ть в посте́ль
  • укла́дывать в посте́ль (ukládyvatʹ v postélʹ)help someone go to bed
  • уложи́ть в посте́ль (uložítʹ v postélʹ)help someone go to bed
  • укла́дывать спать (ukládyvatʹ spatʹ)help someone go to bed
  • уложи́ть спать (uložítʹ spatʹ)help someone go to bed
Spanish acostar
  • acostarhelp someone go to bed
Swedish lägga, stoppa om
  • läggahelp someone go to bed
  • stoppa omhelp someone go to bed
Cite this entry
APA

put to bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20to%20bed

MLA

“put to bed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20to%20bed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put to bed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20to%20bed.

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