Word info

marry off

Verb

Meaning

marry off (third-person singular simple present marries off, present participle marrying off, simple past and past participle married off)

(idiomatic) To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Child marriage is also a strategy for economic survival as families marry off their daughters at an early age to reduce their economic burden." Source: Internet

She saw herself as an entertainer whose job was to produce what the public liked, and the public liked Poirot. citation She did marry off Poirot's companion Colonel Hastings in an attempt to trim her cast commitments. Source: Internet

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