shack up

Verb

Meaning

share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

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Synonyms

cohabit live together live couple mate reside conjugate cohabitation mingle butty live with Cohabiting play house live in sin medialize
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Antonyms

cleave fork separate spread fight dispute
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Hypernyms

live inhabit dwell populate

Hyponyms

miscegenate

Examples

And now researchers are finding ways to educate staff on the taboo topic and provide accommodations for the elderly to shack up under some privacy. Source: Internet

It does the opposite; it essentially forces gay couples to "shack up" as my granddaddy would say. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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