"exchange flesh" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-exchange flesh.ogg [Australia] Forms: exchanges flesh [present, singular, third-person], exchanging flesh [participle, present], exchanged flesh [participle, past], exchanged flesh [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} exchange flesh (third-person singular simple present exchanges flesh, present participle exchanging flesh, simple past and past participle exchanged flesh)
  1. (rare, archaic, idiomatic, euphemistic) To engage in sexual intercourse. Tags: archaic, euphemistic, idiomatic, rare Synonyms: copulate Related terms: become one flesh

Inflected forms

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