shit the bed
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Verb
shit the bed (third-person singular simple present shits the bed, present participle shitting the bed, simple past and past participle shit the bed or shat the bed)
- (chiefly US, slang, vulgar, idiomatic, of a person or thing) To fail, often in a complete and irreparable fashion.
- Synonym: wet the bed
- 2008, Dave Zeltserman, Small Crimes, →ISBN, page 41:
- “[H]ow was I supposed to know Dan Marino would shit the bed and lose that game by nineteen points?”
- 2013, Stephen King, Under the Dome, →ISBN, page 266:
- “We're almost ready. If the damn copier doesn't shit the bed, that is.”
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shit, bed.
- Coordinate term: shit one's pants
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