live in sin
English
Verb
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To cohabit as if man and wife without being married.
- 1922, John Galsworthy, A Family Man, act 2:
- Ralph: Athene gone and got married?
- Builder: No. It's—it's that she's gone and—and not got married. . . . I suppose you'd have me eat humble pie and tell Athene she can go on living in sin and offending society.
- 1922, John Galsworthy, A Family Man, act 2:
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