Meaning of in the family way in English:
in the family way
phrase
informalPregnant.
- ‘teens who want to get it on without getting in the family way’
- ‘What are you going to do if she gets in the family way?’
- ‘What seems possible is that Summer, having got Bridget pregnant, fell in with the precociously clever Jenny Jones and put her in the family way as well.’
- ‘It's as simple as this: You don't walk out on a girl who's in the family way.’
- ‘Working in a brothel it wasn't uncommon for a girl to end up in the family way and Eileen always quickly arranged to fix the problem.’
- ‘Our mothers think it is a very odd thing that you would want to see your wife while she is in the family way.’
expecting a baby, having a baby, with a baby on the way, having a child, expectant, carrying a child
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