under one roof
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3.1
- idiom
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bajo el mismo techo
- It's nice having your whole family under one roof.
- together under one roof
- live under one roof
Well, then let's bring back media and creative under one roof.
- Well, then let's bring back media and creative under one roof.
- Household formation is a statistic which refers to the change in the number of households or people living under one roof from one year to the next.
- It was the largest building under one roof in the world, and it was high in the Russian tundra near this large body of water.
Examples
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The community center offers a variety of services all under one roof, making it convenient for residents.
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Which means we all need to be under one roof.
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You know, all of us together, under one roof.
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I want all my kids under one roof again.
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You really do have everything we need under one roof.
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Despite all these changes, however, my activities have always taken place under one roof.
Academic text (2014) -
Bringing the various assistance programs under one roof has its own set of issues.
Academic text (2009) -
First, all the services are under one roof, which makes arrangements quicker and more certain.
Academic text (1995) -
I love seeing everybody under one roof, seeing how much we've all grown.
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I'm thrilled that everyone's back under one roof.
Synonyms
100
1.0
With everyone at the same time
Antonyms
How Centralized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in a single building' is directly inferable from combining 'under' + 'one' + 'roof' because it evokes the literal image of people or things being beneath the same roof. This compositional, mostly literal image is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely understand it.
Etymology
Under one roof paints a clear picture: many people or activities gathered under a single roof in one building. So it means 'in one place' or 'together'.