take a wife
Verb
Meaning
take a wife (third-person singular simple present takes a wife, present participle taking a wife, simple past took a wife, past participle taken a wife)
(idiomatic, dated, of a man) To marry a woman.
Examples
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake.
Never take a wife till you know what to do with her.
Whoso is tired of happy days, let him take a wife.
The man who can sharpen hundred stakes between two meals, can take a wife.