to live or stay in a place for a short time
to live with another person as sexual partners without being married. This word often shows that you do not approve of people who do this.
With no cash for food let alone a place to live, they're forced to shack up in a squat.
You can shack up with my sister until you find your own place.
shacks up
shacking up
shacked up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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