go flatting

go flatting

To move out of one's family home to live independently (as in a "flat" or apartment). Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. I'm an adult now, so it's time for me to go flatting. I would have gone flatting right after uni, but I didn't have a steady job then. Why would Ed go flatting? His mum still does all his laundry for him!

See also: flat, go

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go flatting

leave the family home to live in a flat. Australian & New Zealand

See also: flat, go

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