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View synonyms for sleep with

sleep with

verb

  1. intr, preposition to have sexual intercourse and (usually) spend the night with Alsosleep together
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Be sexually intimate with, as in The playwright had made several attempts to sleep with the maid . The related phrase sleep together means “have sexual relations,” as in We wondered if they were sleeping together but didn't dare to ask them . The verb sleep has been associated with sex since the 10th century. Sleep with dates from the 1300s sleep together was first recorded a century later.

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