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DictionarySeerobrob the cradle
rob the cradleTo date someone who is much younger than oneself. Are you sure it doesn't bother you how much older I am? I feel like people are judging me for robbing the cradle.See also: cradle, robrob the cradleFig. to marry or date someone who is much younger than oneself. I hear that Bill is dating Ann. Isn't that sort of robbing the cradle? She's much younger than he is. Uncle Bill—who is nearly eighty—married a thirty-year-old woman. That is really robbing the cradle.See also: cradle, robrob the cradleHave a romantic or sexual relationship with someone much younger than oneself, as in The old editor was notorious for robbing the cradle, always trying to date some young reporter . [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] See also: cradle, robˌrob the ˈcradle (American English, informal) have a sexual relationship with a much younger person: She robbed the cradle when she married me. ▶ ˈcradle-rob (American English) (British English ˈcradle-snatch) verb ˈcradle-robber (American English) (British English ˈcradle-snatcher) noun: Tim, you’re such a cradle snatcher. She’s like ten years younger than you!See also: cradle, rob rob the cradle Informal To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.See also: cradle, rob |