become one flesh

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Meaning: (idiomatic,of two persons)To join together inmarriage; to develop aunifyingbondas a result of marrying.1847,Charlotte Brontë, chapter 37, inJane Eyre:"We mustbecome one fleshwithout any delay, Jane: there is but the licence to get—then we marry."1997June 30, “People: A Bit of a Fit Over Pitt Split”, inTime:Just when it seemed like BRAD PITT and GWYNETH PALTROW were moving so smoothly intobecoming one fleshthat they even had the same haircut, they abruptly called it all off.2011February 11, Jennifer Schuessler, “Inside the List”, inNew York Times, retrieved2 November 2012:“When my husband and I got married, webecame one flesh,” Drummond wrote in a recent post.

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