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.
- 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