bedfellow

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[ UK /bˈɛdfɪlˌə‍ʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛdˌfɛɫoʊ/ ]

NOUN

a temporary associate
politics makes strange bedfellows
a person with whom you share a bed

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There was a time when rock'n'roll and the honours system were the strangest of bedfellows. Times, Sunday Times
Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows.
Adversity acquaints men with strange bedfellows.
In fact, happiness and success are natural bedfellows. MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE
It was an era that demonstrated the incompatibility of labour and government as bedfellows.
In general, violence and romance are uneasy bedfellows.
politics makes strange bedfellows
If you choose good bedfellows, a garden will semi-naturalise. Times, Sunday Times
Their convictions have led the Feminists for Life to form coalitions with all sorts of odd bedfellows.
Poverty acquaints men with strange bedfellows.

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