"work spouse" meaning in All languages combined

See work spouse on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-work spouse.ogg [Australia] Forms: work spouses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} work spouse (plural work spouses)
  1. (idiomatic) A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: work husband, work marriage, work wife, don't get your meat where you get your bread
    Sense id: en-work_spouse-en-noun--SpNKM8f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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