Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān
go to bed third-person singular simple present goes to bed present participle going to bed simple past went to bed past participle gone to bed
To lie down to sleep , put oneself in one's bed .
Synonyms: hit the sack hit the hay hit the rack see also Thesaurus:go to bed It's ten minutes past your bed-time; go to bed !
It's been a long day—I think I'll just go to bed now.
2013 July 19, Ian Sample , “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains ”, in The Guardian Weekly 189 , number 6, page 34 :Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
( printing ) newspaper : to finish being prepared for printing .
Coordinate term: put to bed 1949 How to Increase Daily Newspaper Circulation , page 43 :The army newspaper "went to bed " several hours before the civilian one, [ …]
2007 Communication in Global, ICTs and Ecosystem Perspectives , page 238 :So gone are the days when a Vanguard reporter who had gone to cover an assignment in Victoria Island may not get to his office at Kirikiri before the newspaper went to bed because the reporter was held back by the usual Lagos traffic jam.
to lie down to sleep
Ainu: モコㇿ ( mokor )
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Basque: ohera joan
Bulgarian: лягам си ( ljagam si )
Catalan: colgar-se (ca) , allitar-se (ca) , gitar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 上床 (zh) ( shàngchuáng ) , 睡覺 ／ 睡觉 (zh) ( shuìjiào ) , ( literary ) 就寢 ／ 就寝 (zh) ( jiùqǐn )
Crimean Tatar: yatmaq
Czech: jít do postele impf
Danish: gå i seng
Dutch: gaan slapen naar bed gaan
Esperanto: enlitiĝi
Finnish: mennä nukkumaan
French: se coucher (fr) , aller au lit aller se coucher
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: zu Bett gehen schlafen gehen
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Hungarian: lefekszik (hu) , lefekszik aludni aludni megy elmegy aludni
Icelandic: (please verify ) leggjast til svefns (please verify ) fara í háttinn (is)
Italian: coricarsi (it) , andare a letto andare a dormire
Japanese: 眠る (ja) ( ねむる, nemuru ) , 臥せる (ja) ( ふせる, fuseru )
Khmer: ចូលគេង ( coulkeing )
Korean: 취침하다 ( chwichimhada )
Latin: cubitum ire decumbo discumbo
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
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Macedonian: ле́гнува да спи́е ( légnuva da spíe ) , о́ди да спи́е ( ódi da spíe )
Ngazidja Comorian: ulala
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gå til sengs gå og legge seg legge seg
Nynorsk: gå til sengs gå og legge seg legge seg
Old English: tō bedde gān
Polish: kłaść się (pl)
Portuguese: ir dormir recolher-se
Romanian: a se culca (ro)
Russian: ложи́ться спать impf ( ložítʹsja spatʹ ) , лечь спать pf ( lečʹ spatʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: rach mu thàmh
Sicilian: curcàrisi (scn) , curcari (scn) , cuccari
Spanish: acostarse (es) , ensobrarse ( Andes )
Swedish: gå och lägga sig (sv) , lägga sig (sv) , gå till sängs (sv) , krypa till kojs (sv) , knyta sig (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: ляга́ти спа́ти impf ( ljaháty spáty ) , лягти́ спа́ти pf ( ljahtý spáty )
Vietnamese: đi ngủ