sleep\ around

sleep\ around
v. phr. slang vulgar avoidable
To be free with one's sexual favors; to behave promiscuously.

Sue Catwallender is a nice girl but she sleeps around an awful lot with all sorts of guys.


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  • sleep around — intransitive verb Date: 1928 to engage in sex promiscuously …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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