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shack up

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shack up (with someone)
Inf. to sleep or live with someone temporarily in a sexual relationship. They shacked up for over a year until her parents found out and stopped sending her money.
See also: up

shack up (with somebody) (slang)
to live with and have a sexual relationship with someone you are not married to I was surprised to hear you're shacking up with Kathy.
Related vocabulary: set up housekeeping
See also: up


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