marry up
Britishverb
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(tr) to join
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(intr) to tally or correspond
the reactor did not marry up to his expectations
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(intr) to marry someone of a higher social class than oneself
Example Sentences
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It would seem again the timing just will not quite marry up for those dreaming of a fairytale return to Anfield.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Characters fall in and out of love, marry up, disgrace themselves, disappear for hundreds of pages, die.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
I do wonder how the scorecards would marry up with my childhood memories?
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2020
“The reason I was drafted to Washington is the way me and this offense marry up with my skill set,” he said.
From Washington Times • Apr. 30, 2020
James Cushat-Prinkly was a young man who had always had a settled conviction that one of these days he would marry; up to the age of thirty-four he had done nothing to justify that conviction.
From The Toys of Peace, and other papers by Saki
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