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Meanings of shack up in English

Portuguese
conviver
Catalan
cohabitar
Spanish
convivir

Share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple.

conviver
Synonyms
Examples for "cohabit"
Examples for "cohabit"
1
There may be several people within earshot who also cohabit with their mothers.
A Hundred Thousand Worlds
2
Can these new civic values cohabit with customary Catholic thought?
The Irish Times
3
Is there a sort of Ware-verse in which they cohabit?
The Guardian
4
She reflected, 'How does he, after having produced me from himself, cohabit with me?
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
5
And they have a less formal attitude to marriage, with many couples choosing to cohabit.
The Irish Times
1
Kate and I are going to live together at her parents' house.
No one belongs here more than you: stories
2
It doesn't really know how to deal with people who live together.
The Guardian
3
In the end, he said, all citizens would have to live together.
Reuters
4
In other respects, the Grasshoppers live together very peacefully in my cages.
The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
5
Some choose to live together and raise families without ever getting married.
The Irish Times
Usage of shack up in English
1
Good cause for excitement there in the shack up by the grade.
The Return of Blue Pete
2
I have it still, displayed in a conspicuous place in the shack up-river.
Then I'll Come Back to You
3
There's a shack up the road that serves some of the best crab dinners.
Snow melts in spring
4
I don't have to shack up every girl I know.
The Godfather
5
I've a right tidy little shack up on the hill, and another on Eldorado.
A Daughter of the Snows
6
There's nine 'boes of us got a shack up ahead.
The Innocents: A Story for Lovers
7
She asked about the family that used to live in a shack up the road.
The new yorker
8
In the interest of the federal budget, I'd even agree to shack up with Janet.
Private Sector
9
If I wanted to shack up with a man I'd just go ahead and do it.
Seven up
10
But the rifle shot whipping out from the boss's shack up beside the grade electrified them.
The Return of Blue Pete
11
I know where the winos shack up out in the Marshes and where the pulp roads go.
Salem’s Lot
12
So you can shack up with him!
Terminal
13
You know the old shack up there?
Way of the Lawless
14
Don't shack up with marriage on your mind without sharing that goal with your mate-orvice versa.
Ebony
15
To shack up with a guy.
Bones Never Lie
16
As they ate, the boys and girls told the details of their experience at the shack up the river.
Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret
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Translations for shack up
Spanish
convivir
Shack up across language varieties
United States of America
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