shack up

/ʃæk əp/
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Other forms: shacked up; shacks up

Definitions of shack up
  1. verb
    share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
    synonyms: cohabit, live together
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    types:
    miscegenate
    marry or cohabit with a person of another race
    type of:
    dwell, inhabit, live, populate
    inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
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