床とこに就つく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

go to bed; be sick in bed; be laid up

Literary or formal expression for going to bed, or being confined to bed due to illness. The context usually makes the meaning clear.

• 昨さく夜やは早はやく床とこに就ついた。

  I went to bed early last night.

• 風邪かぜで三みっ日か間かん床とこに就ついていた。

  I was laid up in bed for three days with a cold.