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   What does in the family way mean?

   • Answer: IN THE FAMILY WAY (i.e. pregnant or “expecting”). Solution is IN THE WAY (i.e. “providing obstruction”) wrapped around or “restricting” FAMILY (i.e. “line”), like so: IN-THE- (FAMILY)-WAY. Another remembered from a previous puzzle. Very good to engage in popular craze, eradicating a problem with sleeping (8)

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   What does the euphemism 'in the family way' mean?

   • Euphemism, meaning pregnant. What's the origin of the phrase 'In the family way'? The expression ‘in the family way’ was used quite literally until the mid 17th century, with the meaning ‘in the manner of a family’. It would have been quite proper for a father and his daughters to attend church ‘in the family way’.

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   Is Mary's in the family way again dying out?

   • Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. Pregnant, as in Mary's in the family way again. This euphemistic expression dates from the late 1700s and may be dying out. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust.

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   Should a father and a daughter attend church 'in the family way'?

   • It would have been quite proper for a father and his daughters to attend church ‘in the family way’. From the latter part of that century the phrase took on an additional colloquial meaning, that is, ‘pregnant’. Initially this applied to men as well as women and meant ‘about to become a parent’.

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   Learn the meaning and origin of the euphemism 'in the family way', which means pregnant. Find out how it was used literally and figuratively in different contexts and periods of time.

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   Family way is an old-fashioned expression for being pregnant, used with in and the or a. Learn the synonyms, history, and usage of this term from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Pregnant, as in Mary's in the family way again. This euphemistic expression dates from the late 1700s and may be dying out. See also: family, way. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

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   — This is crazy but both my brother's wife and his daughter are in a family way. — I think you're in a family wayand it's time you take a pregnancy test! — How can I say this politely? Are you in a family way? — I’m devastated. My 15-year-old’s girlfriend is in the family way! — We just found a stray dog behind that building and we suspect she's in...

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   knocked up (slang)

   be expecting (a baby)

   have a bun in the oven (slang)

   with child

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   Learn the meaning and usage of the idiom "in a family way", which means pregnant and expecting a baby. See example sentences and synonyms for this expression.

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   In the family way definition: . See examples of IN THE FAMILY WAY used in a sentence.

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   Family way definition: family (def. 20). . See examples of FAMILY WAY used in a sentence.

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   in a family way. adjective. These are words and phrases related to in a family way. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. PREGNANT. Synonyms. expecting. Informal. pregnant. with young. parturient. gravid. gestating. with child. having a baby. about to become a mother.