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live in sin
Idioms and Phrases
Cohabit outside marriage, as in Bill and Anne lived in sin for years before they got married . This term, dating from the early 1800s, is mostly used in a jocular fashion today, when customs and views are more liberal in this regard. Also see live together .Example Sentences
鈥淲ould they rather we live in sin?鈥
The ride-hailing company鈥檚 new Transit feature is going live in Sin City where residents and gamblers alike can use their Uber app to buy tickets for the city鈥檚 bus system.
Rachael said, 鈥淥r we could live in sin, except that I鈥檓 not alive.鈥
They spoke of the decline of family values and the 鈥渘atural鈥 way of life: abortion, gay soldiers demanding to live openly, the young rejecting marriage in order to live in sin 鈥 all indicators of the tribulation to come.
鈥淭he government makes you live in sin,鈥 she said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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