shack up
verb
shacked up; shacking up; shacks up
: to sleep or live together as unmarried sexual partners
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Johnson, who has now shacked up with a Native American woman and her child, is getting acclimated to frontier living.
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
He’s been living in the team hotel since the spring and is unclear how long he’s allowed to shack up there.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
But the biggest bomb to drop is that Peter is divorcing Michaela and shacking up with Simone, leaving Michaela out to dry and showing Peter's true colors.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 22 May 2025
And those who prefer to shack up in closer proximity to the Empire Polo Grounds, where Coachella and Stagecoach go down, might look toward the Madison Club, the Coachella Valley’s most exclusive golf resort enclave.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
He’s been living in the team hotel since the spring and is unclear how long he’s allowed to shack up there.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
But the biggest bomb to drop is that Peter is divorcing Michaela and shacking up with Simone, leaving Michaela out to dry and showing Peter's true colors.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 22 May 2025
And those who prefer to shack up in closer proximity to the Empire Polo Grounds, where Coachella and Stagecoach go down, might look toward the Madison Club, the Coachella Valley’s most exclusive golf resort enclave.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Shack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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