father-in-law• One morning, in addition, he encountered his father-in-law, striding along in the pursuit of some business or other from home.• His father-in-law had given up trying to explain to him the different cuts of meat.• Recently my father-in-lawdied, and I was anxious for our children to go and see him and say goodbye.• That, my father-in-law is the same way.• My father-in-law got me into it, and he bought me Sadie when she was six months old.