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make the bed
Idioms and Phrases
Rearrange a bed and its coverings to its condition before it was slept in. For example, Mom taught us all to make the bed before we got dressed . Also see make one's bed and lie in it .Example Sentences
“It forces me to make the bed,†Gerwin jokes.
"It bugs me so I actually sometimes come up, back into the flat, from the office after we've all left to make the bed. I'll be irritated if it's not been made," he says.
“It forces me to make the bed,†Gershwin jokes.
Wake at 6:30 a.m., he recalled, make the bed tight, or the school officials would tear it out.
Local stores sell blocks that help create corners and you can use planks of wood to make the bed any size you want.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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