marry up

Verb

Meaning

(transitive) To join together.

(intransitive) To tally or correspond; to match up.

(intransitive) To marry someone of a higher social class.

Examples

It used to be you wanted to marry up. Victoria Principal

For so many generations, a woman's only career path was to marry well and to marry up. Those days have changed. Helen Fisher

I think when you marry up like I did and Mitt Romney did, your wife says a lot about who you are and I think she humanizes him and brings a different vision of who Mitt Romney is. Sean Duffy

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