make the bed

make the bed (third-person singular simple present makes the bed, present participle making the bed, simple past and past participle made the bed)

1. To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.

   Synonym: spread the bed (Southern US)

   You're old enough to make your own bed now.

• make one's bed
• bedmaking