set up housekeeping

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set up housekeeping

to start living in a place After a honeymoon in Georgia, the newlyweds set up housekeeping in Washington.

Usage notes: often said about two people who are just starting to live together

Related vocabulary: shack up (with somebody)

See also: set, up

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In the meantime, you just rest up and think about what things you want to pack, because we'll just about have to set up housekeeping on your stuff--leastways, the front part of the house. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context I set up housekeeping when I was getting fourteen a week. The Game by London, Jack View in context And if Lydgate thinks I'm going to give money for them to set up housekeeping, he's mistaken, that's all. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context			set sights set sights on set straight set teeth on edge set the agenda set the ball rolling set the pace set the record straight set the scene set the scene for set the stage for set the table set the tone set the wheels in motion set the world on fire set to set to do set to music set to work set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon settle settle a score settle a score with settle affairs settle down settle down to settle for settle hash settle in settle into settle old scores settle on settle stomach settle up with seven seven-year itch seventh sever ties with several several irons in the fire sew sew up			set to work set to work set tongues wagging set too high an estimate set top Set top box Set top box Set top box Set top box Cable Modem Monitoring and Performance System Set Top Computer Set Top Unit Set Top Wonder Set Top/Bottom Margins set tub set type set up set up set up set up set up set up set up set up against set up an inquiry set up as set up as set up as set up as set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up in business Set Up Less Than Carload Set Up Less Than Carloads set up program set up shop set up shop set up shop set up shop set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon set upon set upon set upon set upon Set Ups Set Ups Set Ups Set User ID Set Valued Random Variable set width Set X Set Your Goals Set Your Own Price set(t) set- set-apart set-aside set-aside set-aside

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