to honeymoon
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3.0
- verb
- /ˈhoʊnɪmuːn/
:
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- After their wedding, they decided to honeymoon in the Maldives, enjoying the beautiful beaches.
- couple honeymooned
- newlyweds honeymooned
- honeymooned in Paris
Not sure where we're going to honeymoon for sure yet, but all I know is that it's going to be good.
- Not sure where we're going to honeymoon for sure yet, but all I know is that it's going to be good.
Examples
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They married in Hollywood and honeymooned in Las Vegas.
Fiction book (2002) -
We honeymooned at her cabin on Lake George.
Fiction book (1992) -
Not sure where we're going to honeymoon for sure yet, but all I know is that it's going to be good.
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You could honeymoon for five or six years.
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- Where should we honeymoon?
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- We'll honeymoon in Egypt.
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Yeah, actually, we are honeymooning.
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And we all honeymooned in Sea Island, or the Poconos, or Niagara Falls.
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They honeymooned at her family's private cottage near Pebble Beach in Carmel, then went abroad for a tour of Europe before he returned to his work at the observatory.
Academic text (1990) -
We drove up to Gatlinburg to one of those wedding chapels and honeymooned in Dayton, Tennessee, where the Scopes Monkey Trial took place back in 1925.
Fiction book (1999)
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Etymology
Honeymoon as a verb comes from the same idea: the noun made of honey 'sweet' and moon 'month', the first 'sweet month' after a wedding. So to honeymoon is to take that special holiday together right after the wedding.