be in bed with
informalDefinition
› to work with a person or organization, or to be involved with them, in a way that causes other people not to trust you: The newspaper editor is obviously in bed with the president.Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' willTaking part and getting involved
(Definition of be in bed with from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a piece/slice of the action idiom
- get in on sth phrasal verb
- get/muscle in on the act idiom
- glom onto sth/sb phrasal verb
- have a finger in every pie idiom
- have a finger in the pie idiom
- horn in phrasal verb
- interfere verb
- interference noun
- intrude verb
- intrusion noun
- jump/climb/get on the bandwagon idiom
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