go\ steady

go\ steady
v. phr.
To go on dates with the same person all the time; dale just one person.

At first Tom and Martha were not serious about each other, but now they are going steady.

Jean went steady with Bob for a year; then they had a quarrel and stopped dating each other.

Syn.: keep company Contrast: play the field

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