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under someone's roof

under someone's roof prepositional phrase: in someone's house.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In someone's house.

Questions about under someone's roof

What does under someone's roof mean?
Under someone's roof means in someone's house.
What part of speech is under someone's roof?
Under someone's roof is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under someone's roof in the dictionary

  1. under sail
  2. under seal
  3. Under Secretaries
  4. Under Secretary
  5. under someone's nose
  6. under someone's roof
  7. under square
  8. under the auspices of
  9. under the bootheel of
  10. under the breath
  11. under the carpet

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