sleep around

sleep around

To engage in sex with many different partners. The term has a derogatory connotation. Apparently they have an open relationship and don't mind when the other person sleeps around. I had a reputation for sleeping around in college, but they were just baseless rumors.
See also: around, sleep
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sleep around (with someone)

Inf. to have sex with several partners over time; to be promiscuous. They say she sleeps around with just anybody all the time. Yes, she sleeps around.
See also: around, sleep
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

sleep around

Engage in sex promiscuously, as in Fortunately, no one mentioned that both of them had slept around in their younger days . [Colloquial; 1920s]
See also: around, sleep
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

sleep around

v.
1. To be sexually active with more than one partner: I'm surprised they're getting married, considering how much they both sleep around.
2. sleep around on To be sexually unfaithful to someone: I am certain my spouse is sleeping around on me.
See also: around, sleep
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
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References in periodicals archive
For instance, if your new beau is superhot and haft your age and you have reluctantly agreed to let him sleep around because you want to keep showing him off at pool parties, think hard before you call this an open relationship.
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CORONATION Street star Bill Roache has advised other men to fall in love and not sleep around - despite his own womanising ways.
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Q I HAVE never met a woman who can satisfy me sexually and I wonder if I'm doomed simply to sleep around.
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His game started half an hour later than the scheduled 3.30pm and he normally has a sleep around four or five.
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I HEARD a mother of three daughters argue on the radio the other day that she wasn't going to let her daughters have the new cervical cancer jab because it would encourage them to sleep around.
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The building has a main hall on the floor level with dormitories upstairs to sleep around 40 Scouts or Guides.
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One woman who lives near the damaged house said: "The noise woke me out of my sleep around 1.30am.
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Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): Katie Price has revealed that she thinks she has not set a bad example for children as she doesn't "sleep around" with men and prefers to be in a committed relationship.
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