Father-in-law - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 father-in-law From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Familyfather-in-lawˈfather-in-ˌlaw ●●○ noun (plural fathers-in-law) [countable]    SSFMARRYthe father of your husband or wifeExamples from the Corpusfather-in-law• One morning, in addition, he encountered his father-in-law, striding along in the pursuit of some business or other from home.• His father-in-law had given up trying to explain to him the different cuts of meat.• Recently my father-in-law died, and I was anxious for our children to go and see him and say goodbye.• That, my father-in-law is the same way.• My father-in-law got me into it, and he bought me Sadie when she was six months old. Exercises Exercises

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