marry up

British

verb

(tr) to join
(intr) to tally or correspond

the reactor did not marry up to his expectations
(intr) to marry someone of a higher social class than oneself

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Example Sentences

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Her boxing profile does not yet marry up with her abilities, however.

From BBC

Again, it does not marry up with the amount of praise he receives when he is playing well.

From BBC

“The best possible scenario you would love those timelines to marry up a little bit better. So that was the hardest part.”

From Seattle Times

We were deep into the prosecution case, and I still couldn't marry up Letby's apparent normality with the enormity of the allegations she was facing - but the case against her was beginning to stack up.

From BBC

“We figured out a day before we started shooting that these things don’t quite marry up,” said Johnstone, who turned to FIN Design and Effects of Australia to blend his M3GANs together.

From Los Angeles Times

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