come-to-bed call
- noun
- NSFW
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llamada a la cama
- She gave him a subtle come-to-bed call with just a glance across the room.
Examples
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He responded to her come-to-bed call by turning off the television and joining her in bed.
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Ignoring his wife's come-to-bed call, he stayed up late finishing his work.
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The movie ended with a humorous come-to-bed call from one character to another.
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She gave him a come-to-bed call last night.
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Did you hear her come-to-bed call?
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After a long day, she sent him a playful come-to-bed call with a wink.
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They exchanged sweet messages until one of them made a come-to-bed call as they said goodnight.
How Intimate
Surface Forms
Morphology
come-to-bed + call
The meaning 'an invitation to come to bed' is directly inferable from combining the phrase 'come to bed' (come + to + bed) with 'call' (a signal or invitation). This follows normal English composition (a verb phrase used attributively with 'call'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would reasonably understand the intended invitation, despite the colloquial/euphemistic nuance.
Etymology
Come-to-bed call comes from the simple image of someone in bed giving a small call—a look, a whisper, or a touch—to ask their partner to come. So, the phrase now means an invitation 'to join someone in bed'.