sleep with
phrasal verb
slept with; sleeping with; sleeps with
informal
: to have sex with (someone)
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The singer claimed to have slept with up to 250 women a year during the height of his fame, according to the Mirror.
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Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Because the mother is thinking seriously of sleeping with their neighbor.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The violence is psychological and rarely fatal, in marked contrast to that in Sophocles’s work (in other words, nobody gouges out their eyes after having mistakenly slept with their own mother).
—Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
Clinical trials show small but significant improvements in sleep with consistent use.
—Mellanie Perez, Health, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Sleep with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleep%20with. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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