shack up

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shack up

verb shacks up · shacking up · shacked up

colloquial To live together, especially of an unmarried couple. 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.

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verb to live together, especially when unmarried

Español	arrejuntarse, amancebarse
中文	姘居 pīnjū
Deutsch	in wilder Ehe leben, (mit jemandem) zusammenziehen
Italiano	convivere, coabitare
Ελληνικά	σπιτώνω spitóno
Русский	сожи́тельствовать sožítelʹstvovatʹ

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@misc{shack_up_2026,
  title = {shack up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shack%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}