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be shacked up
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(Definition of be shacked up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be scattered to the four winds idiom
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be set fair idiom
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be set in your ways idiom
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be set on/upon sth idiom
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be several/many removes (away) from sth idiom
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be short notice idiom
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be shot through with sth idiom
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be shrouded in secrecy/mystery idiom
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be sitting pretty idiom
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be six feet under idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- adulteress noun
- as husband and wife idiom
- be an item idiom
- civil partnership noun
- cohabit verb
- hear wedding bells idiom
- hitched adjective
- intermarriage noun
- involvement noun
- kept adjective
- marriage guidance noun
- marriage noun (TWO PEOPLE)
- marriageable adjective
- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
- marry verb (MAN AND WOMAN)
- matrimonial adjective
- seven-year itch noun
- shack up phrasal verb
- together adverb (WITH EACH OTHER)
- wedlock noun
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