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live in

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live in
to live at the residence at which one works. In order to be here early enough to prepare breakfast, the cook has to live in. Mr. Simpson has a valet, but he doesn't live in.
See also: live

live in (with someone)

[for servants or lovers] to live in a residence that one might be expected only to visit rather than reside in. Their maid lives in with them. She lived in for a few months before they were married.
See also: live

live in something

to dwell within something or some place. They live in the village. She lives in a large house in the country.
See also: live
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But it's worse, I guess, for Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are in a heap of trouble, and there seems no way for them to get out of it--anyhow, not while they live in Kansas.
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A great deal too handsome, in my opinion, for any place THEY can ever afford to live in.
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