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Meaning of live in sin | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To cohabit as if husband and wife without being married.

idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“Ralph: Athene gone and got married? Builder: No. It's—it's that she's gone and—and not got married. . . . I suppose ⟳ you'd have ⟳ me eat ⟳ humble pie and tell ⟳ Athene she can go on living in sin and offending society.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

live in the past live in the shadow of live it up live large live like a fighting cock live like a king

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