English

Verb

**** the bed ‎(third-person singular simple present **** the bed, present participle shitting the bed, simple past and past participle **** the bed or shat the bed)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see ****,‎ bed.
2. (chiefly US, idiomatic, of a person or thing) To fail.
   • 2008, Dave Zeltserman, Small Crimes, ISBN 9781852429713, p. 41 (Google preview):

     “[H]ow was I supposed to know Dan Marino would **** the bed and lose that game by nineteen points?”

   • 2012, Tom Ryan, Way to Go, ISBN 9781459800793, p. 6 (Google preview):

     “Yep, I totally **** the bed on that exam. Guess I'll be sticking around this place for another year.”

   • 2013, Stephen King, Under the Dome, ISBN 9781476735474, p. 266 (Google preview):

     “We're almost ready. If the damn copier doesn't **** the bed, that is.”