set up housekeeping

set up housekeeping

To move in together and create a home as a couple. Getting married was a cornerstone of social standing not too long ago, but many couples now are opting to set up housekeeping without the formality of marriage.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

set up housekeeping

Move in together, as in Couples today often set up housekeeping long before they marry. [Mid-1800s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

set up housekeeping

To establish a household.
See also: set, up
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage
  • dream of a funeral and you hear of a wedding
  • keep (something) under one's hat, to
  • go to the world
  • Are you still riding the goat?
  • on the wrong side of the blanket
  • betrothed to (someone)
  • wrong side of the blanket
  • born out of wedlock
  • wedlock