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Meaning of shack up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To live together, especially of an unmarried couple.

colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“The only thing I want to do after the war is marry some girl who's got more money than I have and shack up with lots more pretty girls.”
“So I don't believe in alimony, okay, love? / Though I think we'd ought to / Shack up baby, shack up”
“The other rumor flying around thicker 'n flies on a three-day-old carcass is that new redheaded cook, Rory, is shacked up with you.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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