go steady

go steady
verb
date regularly; have a steady relationship with (Freq. 1)
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Did you know that she is seeing an older man?

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He is dating his former wife again!

Syn: ↑go out, ↑date, ↑see
Derivationally related forms: ↑date (for: ↑date)
Hypernyms: ↑consort, ↑associate, ↑affiliate, ↑assort
Verb Group: ↑date
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s PP

(for: ↑go out)
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Somebody ——s PP

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phrasal
: to have frequent dates exclusively with one member of the opposite sex

argued that all the other girls were going steady and that this was the only way to be in on the fun — Geraldine Roberts

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go steady
To court romantically, date regularly (with with)
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go steady (informal)
(esp of a boy and girl not yet engaged to be married) to have a steady relationship, to go about regularly together
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Main Entry:steady

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informal have a regular romantic or sexual relationship with a particular person

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go steady
informal + old-fashioned : to have a lasting romantic relationship with one person and no one else

He asked me after the dance if I wanted to go steady.

We went steady for over a year before we got engaged.

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Main Entry:steady

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