Father put the three children to bed.
The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed.
The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M.
The pressroom was late in putting the sports section to bed.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
put to bed — ► put to bed informal make (a newspaper) ready for press. Main Entry: ↑bed … English terms dictionary
put to bed — {v. phr.} 1. To put to rest for the night. * /Father put the three children to bed./ * /The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed./ 2. {informal} To complete preparations and print. * /The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M./ * /The… … Dictionary of American idioms
put to bed — {v. phr.} 1. To put to rest for the night. * /Father put the three children to bed./ * /The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed./ 2. {informal} To complete preparations and print. * /The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M./ * /The… … Dictionary of American idioms
put to bed — phrasal : to make the final preparations for printing (a newspaper or magazine) * * * put to bed (of newspapers, magazines, etc) to go to or send to press ● bed … Useful english dictionary
put to bed with a shovel — 1. mod. dead and buried. (From put someone to bed with a shovel.) □ You wanna be put to bed with a shovel? Just keep talking that way. □ Poor old Jake. He was put to bed with a shovel last March. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (From sense 1.) … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
put to bed — verb a) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed b) To prepare a newspaper for printing See Also: bed down, go to bed, in bed, out of bed … Wiktionary
put to bed — (print media) put in a box when it is ready to print The editor always checks the paper before he puts it to bed … English idioms
put to bed — lay down in bed and go to sleep … English contemporary dictionary
To put to bed — Put Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
put to bed — phrasal to make the final preparations for printing (as a newspaper) … New Collegiate Dictionary
