bed down
To find a place to sleep, or to get comfortable and start sleeping — often somewhere unusual.
Meanings
To lie down and prepare to sleep, often in a temporary or improvised place.
"The hikers bedded down in the barn because the weather was too bad to pitch a tent."
Of animals: to settle into a resting place, especially when provided with straw or bedding.
"The farmer made sure all the horses were bedded down before he locked the stable."
Of a system, policy, or process: to become settled, established, and functioning smoothly after a period of change.
"Once the new software beds down, we expect productivity to improve significantly."
In everyday speech, it usually refers to sleeping in a temporary location. In British business English, 'bed down' can mean a process is becoming stable and normalised after a period of change.
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