Idiom
one-night stand
Meaning
A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They met at a party and had a one-night stand.”
“He realized after their one-night stand that they had nothing in common and decided not to call her again.”
“What began as a casual one-night stand eventually evolved into a complicated relationship, much to the surprise of both participants.”
Examples
simple
“They met at a party and had a one-night stand.”
contextual
“He realized after their one-night stand that they had nothing in common and decided not to call her again.”
complex
“What began as a casual one-night stand eventually evolved into a complicated relationship, much to the surprise of both participants.”
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