Etymology An allusion to gardening, where a plant or seed is introduced into a bed of soil where it can grow.
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Idiomatic To allow or help to settle in; to make (someone) feel at home.
It took some time to be bedded in, but soon he knew his way around his new workplace.
The new trains were introduced in conjunction with Automatic Train Operation [...] and new signalling, but it took months for this to 'bed in', [...] But now the new signalling has bedded in, and the Central is the line that got its upgrade out of the way early.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115:
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ScotRail is seeking the views of the public before recasting its Edinburgh/Perth/Dundee passenger timetable in 2025, once the reopened Levenmouth line has bedded in.2023 October 4, “Network News: Fife services in line for boost after Levenmouth opening?”, in RAIL, number 993, page 8:
bed-in
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Etymology From bed + -in, modelled on earlier sit-in.
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Historical A form of peaceful protest in which the protester remains in bed.
Inside, the room was decorated with a huge mural of John and Yoko. There was a low white bed like the one they did their bed-in in.1996, Francesca Lia Block, Dragons in Manhattan: