putting to bed
Evening ritual completion
Putting to bed means settling something into final form.
Literally, it's helping someone—usually a child—get ready for sleep: I'll be down after putting the kids to bed.
In publishing, putting a newspaper or magazine to bed means finalizing it for printing.
More broadly, to put something to bed is to resolve or finish it: Let's put this issue to bed once and for all.
- putPlace in position
- bedFurniture for slumber
- bedtimeDesignated hour for retiring
- story timeScheduled book sharing session
- endingsConcluding portions
tucking in · farewells · closure · lullaby · sleep tight · good night · lights out · winding down · last rites · conclusion · letting go · settlement · case closed · final say · shelve · signing off · wrap-up · resting place
putting to bedwaking up
Emerging from sleep
rousing · getting up · awakening · rising · stirring
putting to bedstarting up
Beginning operation or activity
launching · initiating · kicking off · reviving · resurrecting