to bunk down
5
6.8
- phrasal verb
- /bʌŋk daʊn/
- Informal
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acostarse
- I know you folks like to sleep outside when you're on Earth, so feel free to bunk down wherever you feel comfortable.
- bunk down tonight
- bunk down here
Examples
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The rest of us will bunk down for the night.
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Here's the little box where Marley's gonna bunk down.
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And I could bunk down anywhere.
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And this lot thought it would be a good place to bunk down.
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With the wheelchair, of course, we bunk down on the ground floor.
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I'm just bunking down here, you know, temporarily.
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I hope you don't mind bunking down here, dear.
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We'd bunk down when the sun went down.
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And I should've, you know, bunked down but I kept going thinking I could sneak up a couple of spots, you know?
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You can bunk down here tonight, and I'll take you in the morning by snowmobile.
Synonyms
485
1.0
To get into bed to sleep
369
1.0
To stop being awake and rest with your eyes closed
221
1.0
To put your body flat on a bed to rest or sleep
111
7.0
To sleep somewhere for a short time without planning to
16
7.5
To stay in one safe place and wait until danger passes
10
6.0
To go to bed to sleep
4
4.5
To sleep in a temporary place like a barn or tent
4
7.5
To go to bed to sleep
3
3.3
To go to bed slowly because you feel very tired
1
8.6
To go to bed to sleep
To sleep somewhere that is not your usual bed, often in an uncomfortable place
To sleep somewhere for a short time, often on a sofa
To go to bed or sleep
Antonyms
How Temporary
48
2.4
- Informal
111
7.0
- Informal
5
6.8
- Informal
70
3.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to go to bed' is directly derivable from combining 'bunk' (a narrow bed) with the particle 'down' (indicating lying or moving to a lower position); the composition follows a common English pattern (verb + down) indicating settling or lying. This is a fairly literal, compositional use and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words and the particle sense.
Etymology
Bunk down comes from bunk, a small bed or sleeping space, and down meaning to lie down. Imagine curling into a tight bunk on a ship or at a camp; that's why bunk down means 'to go to bed', often in a simple or 'temporary' place.