marry in

Speech parts

1. marry in - Noun

2. marry in - Verb

Meaning

To join a family or group through marriage.

To marry someone of the same religious or ethnic group.

Antonym: marry out

(genetics) A person who is on a family tree because he has married someone on the tree, and is not related by blood to anyone on the tree except his own descendants.

A protest where many people marry, as in protest of a law that forbids such marriages.

Alternative names

marry-in

Examples

It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin menstruation at her husband's house rather than her father's home. Any father marrying his daughter so young will have a permanent place in heaven. Ruhollah Khomeini

I think that commercials can really ruin a song. You know that the person sold the song for a good deal of money, and that was the tradeoff. But, music and picture can marry in a beautiful way, and the reverse also. David Lynch

I'm about the only person in my family that's made it to 24 without being married. That's the way it works where I'm from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don't find that, then you find someone in college. Carrie Underwood

Marry in haste, repent at leisure. English Proverb

Marry in haste repent at leisure. Dutch Proverb

Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Italian Proverb

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