on the bed
idiom
: on top of the sheets, blankets, and bedspread of a bed
He lay on the bed for a long time.
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The gun, which police found on the bed, had been in the woman’s purse, per the report.
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Another midwife arrives and replaces the sheets on the bed in which he’s just died, making room for the next sick child.
—Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
The Everybody's Live with John Mulaney host, 42, sits on the bed, wearing a surgical mask and clasping Munn's hands in his.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
After months of immobility, his soft muscles sag and pool on the bed, barely hanging onto bone.
—Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Another midwife arrives and replaces the sheets on the bed in which he’s just died, making room for the next sick child.
—Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
The Everybody's Live with John Mulaney host, 42, sits on the bed, wearing a surgical mask and clasping Munn's hands in his.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
After months of immobility, his soft muscles sag and pool on the bed, barely hanging onto bone.
—Sophia Li, NPR, 17 Aug. 2025
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“On the bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20bed. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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