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under one roof

under one roof phrase: at the same location.

Phrase

under one roof

  1. (idiomatic) at the same location
    • And as a further part of such a system, it is claimed that the farm must be devoted to a specialty, or a few specialties, on the ground that it would be almost as fatal to success to admit mixed farming, as it would be to attempt the production of several kinds of manufactures under one roof and...1888, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 33, page 34
  2. (idiomatic) in one house, apartment, etc.
    Synonyms:
    under the same roof

Synonyms of under one roof

  • under the same roof

Questions about under one roof

What does under one roof mean?
Under one roof means at the same location.
What part of speech is under one roof?
Under one roof is a phrase.

Words near under one roof in the dictionary

  1. under hatches
  2. under lock and key
  3. under no circumstance
  4. under no circumstances
  5. under oath
  6. under one roof
  7. under one's arm
  8. under one's belt
  9. under one's breath
  10. under one's feet
  11. under one's hand

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