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love-hate relationship
noun
love-hate relationship
[
countable usually singular
]
if you have a love-hate relationship with someone or something, sometimes you really like or love them, and sometimes you really dislike or hate them
love-hate relationship with
her love-hate relationship with professional golf
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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