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shack up

British  

verb

  1. slang to live or take up residence, esp with a mistress or lover

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
shack up Idioms  

  1. Sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married. For example, They had been dating for two months and then decided to shack up . [ Slang ; first half of 1900s]

  2. Stay or reside with, as in I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of my own . [ Slang ; first half of 1900s]

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