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put heads in beds

put heads in beds
 v. phr.— «The hotels in Jefferson County are largely driven by manufacturing.…People bring in temporary workers and there are the construction projects. We have a lot of work to do here to, as they say in the industry, “put heads in beds.”» —“Meeting sheds light on aspect of area economy” by Steve Sharp Watertown Daily Times (Wisconsin) July 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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