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live in sin en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To cohabit as if husband and wife without being married.
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lives in sin Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lived in sin Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lived in sin Tense=Past lexicographic
living in sin Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

common-law marriage

Synonyms

live over the brush · play house