From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbed down phrasal verb1 to sleep somewhere which is not your bed and where you do not usually sleep Can I bed down on your sofa?2 bed somebody/something ↔ down to make a person or animal comfortable in a place where they do not usually sleep3 if a new system or arrangement beds down, problems with it are solved and it gradually starts to work in the way that it should → bed→ See Verb table
