to shack up with sb

  • 11shack up with —  Live with (esp. though unmarried) …

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  • 12Shack (band) — Shack are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1986. Originally Shack consisted of Mick Head (vocals/guitar), his brother John Head (guitar), Peter Wilkinson (bass) and Mick Hurst. HistoryBefore founding Shack, Michael and John Head were in… …

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  • 13shack up — (with (someone)) 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 …

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  • 14shack — shack1 [ʃæk] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from shackly likely to fall down (19 20 centuries), or from Mexican Spanish jacal small building , from Nahuatl xacalli] a small building that has not been built very well ▪ a tin shack shack 2… …

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  • 15shack up — v. (slang.) (D; intr.) to shack up with (he shacked up with his girlfriend) * * * [ ʃæk ʌp] (slang.) (D; intr.) to shack up with (he shack uped up with his girlfriend) …

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  • 16shack — shack1 [ ʃæk ] noun count a small plain building, usually made of wood or metal shack shack 2 [ ʃæk ] verb ,shack up phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL 1. ) to live with another person as sexual partners without being married. This word often… …

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  • 17shack up — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms shack up : present tense I/you/we/they shack up he/she/it shacks up present participle shacking up past tense shacked up past participle shacked up informal 1) to live with another person as sexual partners… …

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  • 18shack — /ʃæk / (say shak) noun 1. a very small, usually roughly built and poorly appointed house; cabin; hut. 2. Especially WA, SA, Tasmania a holiday house. –phrase 3. shack up (with), Colloquial a. to live at a place; reside: you …

  • 19Shack up — 1. live at a place; reside: You can come and shack up with us till your house is ready ; 2. live together in a sexual relationship …

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  • 20shack up — Australian Slang 1. live at a place; reside: You can come and shack up with us till your house is ready ; 2. live together in a sexual relationship …

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