under the same roof

idiom

: in the same house
They all live under the same roof.

Examples of under the same roof in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As one of the early residents of the Farm, a 1970s-era commune in Summertown, Tenn., Holzapfel lived under the same roof with multiple couples and more than a dozen children in a five-bedroom house where everything from the laundry room to meals was shared. Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 Two Hartford businesses, the BOP Coffee Roaster and Refuge Tattoos, have joined together under the same roof to create one of the state’s first-ever tattoo and coffee shops. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2024 From 2013 until 2018, when a peace deal brought Kiir and Machar back under the same roof, military leaders used violence as a means of bargaining among themselves. Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022 Kevin Jonas may be living under the same roof as his biggest fan! Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024 Being under the same roof as Today, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night With Seth Meyers — not to mention filming within spitting distance of Broadway theaters — will give Clarkson opportunities for more surprise guests, say the show's producers. Christian Holub, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2023 Head for Fort Mason to try the best beer in town, all under the same roof. Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024 Among the members of the British royal family walking into St. George's Chapel on Tuesday morning were Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who live under the same roof at Royal Lodge on the Windsor estate. Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024 Getting Discover, which also issues its own credit cards, under the same roof as Capital One would give the bank a major leg up against competing credit card-issuing banks such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C), which don’t process transactions themselves. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024

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“Under the same roof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20same%20roof. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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