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with child

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1. with child - Phrase

2. with child - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

in an advanced stage of pregnancy

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Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped. Timothy Murphy

Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind. John Donne

There are other examples of this passive tolerance of practices running totally contrary to our values. The failure of social services, the police and local authorities, to deal with child sex abuse in places like Rotherham was frankly unforgiveable. David Cameron

I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse. Kathleen Turner

To be with child does not diminish beauty, but changes the shape of beauty. Edmund Cooper

The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time. Theresa May

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