Definition of "honeymoon" []

• A holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple. (noun)
• An early harmonious period in a relationship: The honeymoon between the new President and the press was soon over. (noun)
• To go on a honeymoon. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Every president before Obama has had what they call a honeymoon period."
• "And maybe during what they call the honeymoon period, she could, you know, talk to the powers that be out of 500 bucks so we could go to Ikea and get some furniture."
• "And then they get married at last, and everybody comes and watches them get married, and makes more silly jokes, and they go away for what they call a honeymoon, and they tell everybody -- they shout it out in the newspapers -- _where_ they are going for their honeymoon; and then they come back and start talking about bread-sauce."