bed down
phrasal verb with bed verb [ T ] uk/bed/ us/bed/ -dd-
(SLEEP)
换个地方睡觉
to lie down somewhere, usually somewhere different from where you usually sleep, in order to go to sleep
I bedded down on the couch for the night. 我晚上睡在沙发上。
(WORK WELL)
开始发挥作用，开始生效
If a new process or organization beds down, it starts to operate well because it has existed for long enough.
It did not take the procedure long to bed down. 不久这个程序就开始生效了。