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set up housekeeping

set up housekeeping idiom

Move in together, as in Couples today often set up housekeeping long before they marry. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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