under the same roof

Within the same house. It's pretty rare to have all my brothers and sisters under the same roof, so it really does feel like a special occasion. At our new office, we will have dental, dermatological, and primary health care all under the same roof!

under one/the same ˈroof

(informal) in the same house, etc: There were three generations of the family living under one roof.

See also: one, roof, same

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She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized -- and, in addition to all the rest, this roof was to be the roof of an abbey!

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