be an item
informalDefinition
› If two people are an item, they are having a romantic relationship: I saw Darren and Emma there. Are they an item?Marriage, cohabitation and other relationships
(Definition of be an item from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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