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roof over one's head en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A place to live or reside; shelter.
   • When you were in trouble, he gave you a roof over your head.
   • Those lucky enough to have rooves over their heads did their bst to ignore the cries, turning a deaf ear to their brothers’ misfortune. 2011, Curtis Jobling, “Beyond the Gates”, in Rage of Lions (Wereworld; 2), London: Puffin Books, →ISBN, part IV (The Storm from the South), page 285:
   • [A]ll profits and commissions that derive from the provision of housing are added into the prices people pay to put rooves over their heads. 1983 October 22, Alex Macdonald, “‘We’re not against the Truly Needy, throw them a crumb for goodness sake’”, in ‘My Dear Legs…’: Letters to a Young Social Democrat, Vancouver, B.C.: New Star Books, published July 1985, →ISBN, page 88:
   • The persons who stood to lose their homes and who faced the prospect of losing the rooves over their heads were the whole Hilton family, all three generations of them - the occupants of both houses, both the bungalow and the big brick house. 1983, Matthew Sheard, Watson W. Evans, Joseph Strung, “Leo Joseph Hare: Appeal from a Decision of the Registrar of Real Estate and Business Brokers”, in Commercial Registration Appeal Tribunal, Summaries of Decisions, volume 13, Toronto, Ont., published 1984, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 269:

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Translations (4)

de Dach über dem Kopf (somewhere to live) · cmn 庇護 /庇护 (somewhere to live) · pl dach nad głową (somewhere to live) · fi katto päänsä päällä (somewhere to live)