English

Verb

live in sin

1. (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.

Synonyms

• live over the brush

See also

• common-law marriage