To have a sexual relationship or to have sex with each other.
Two people having sex or being in a sexual relationship together.
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To have a sexual relationship or to have sex with one another.
"Everyone in the office suspected that the two managers were sleeping together."
Are you saying you want us to sleep together?
— Friends, TV series, Season 1, NBC, 1994
To literally sleep in the same bed or room (non-sexual; often said of children or in emergencies).
"The three siblings slept together in one room during the holiday at their grandparents' house."
Two people sleeping in the same place at the same time.
Two people having sex or being in a sexual relationship together.
A very common and socially acceptable euphemism for sex in English. Context almost always makes the meaning clear. The literal meaning (two people sharing a sleeping space) is rarely intended when the phrase is used about adults. Used in news, literature, and everyday conversation.
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