To be brought to bed

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	to be delivered of a child; - often followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son.
	See under Bed.

See also: Bed Bring

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BEd To be in the straw			And now you see what she's brought me to--the sly, hypocritical wench"--Bartle spoke these last words in a rasping tone of reproach, and looked at Vixen, who poked down her head and turned up her eyes towards him with a keen sense of opprobrium--"and contrived to be brought to bed on a Sunday at church-time. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context			To bate an ace To batten down To batten down the hatches To be To be a tiptoe To be abroad To be acknown To be acquainted with To be after To be aknow To be all squares To be astern of the reckoning To be at a loss To be at a stand To be at cross-purposes To be at home on any subject To be at loggerheads To be at six and seven To be at square To be at the boiling point To be at the bottom of To be at the heels of To be at the mercy of To be beside one's self To be born in the purple To be brought to bed To be burned out To be confined To be dead To be down at the heel To be friends with To be from To be game To be gathered to one's people To be great To be hand and glove with To be ill off To be in To be in a nutshell To be in a pickle To be in alt To be in bad odor To be in conclave To be in for it To be in full feather To be in high feather To be in leading strings To be in liquor To be in luck To be in mischief To be in one's cups			To be all squares To be announced To be announced To be announced To be announced To Be Announced Later To Be Announced Securities To Be Announced Soon To Be Approved To Be Arranged To Be Assigned To be astern of the reckoning To be at a loss To be at a stand To be at cross-purposes To be at home on any subject To be at loggerheads To be at six and seven To be at square To be at the boiling point To be at the bottom of To be at the heels of To be at the mercy of to be believed To be beside one's self To Be Billed To be born in the purple To be brought to bed To Be Brutally Honest To be burned out To Be Cancelled To Be Completed To Be Completely Honest To be confined To be confirmed To Be Considered To Be Contested To Be Continued To Be Created To Be Dated To be dead To Be Decided To Be Decided To Be Defined To Be Deleted To be Demanded to be depended on To Be Destroyed To Be Detailed To Be Determined To Be Determined To Be Determined by Funding To Be Determined by Resources To Be Determined by Schedule

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