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in bed with

1. Sharing one's bed with.
   • 2020 November 3, Stuart Jeffries, quoting Tsai Chin, “Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine'”, in The Guardian‎:

     People also ask me what was it like being in bed with Sean Connery. I said, ‘Fine.’

2. (figuratively) Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.

   Synonym: in cahoots with

   He's not for the company; he's in bed with the investment bankers.

   • 2004 March 3, Paul Foot, “In bed with the Tories”, in The Guardian‎:

     On the central issue in foreign affairs—the Iraq war—these ministers have been in bed with the Tories from the outset.

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