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in the biblical sense

prep.phr. 1 (&lit biblical sense English) 2 (context euphemistic English) carnally; sexually.

Usage examples of "in the biblical sense".

I could have sashayed out the door without so much as a howdy-do, since technically speaking we were only married in the Biblical sense.

It was as though he had known her, in the Biblical sense of the word, for many, many years.