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marry into

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verb

  1. (intr, preposition) to become a member of (a family) by marriage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"I don't want to marry into another family just because of a child".

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023

“There is a reasonable debate to have” about whether the royal institution has done enough to support those who marry into it, Low said in an interview with The Post.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

This is a big step to make, to marry into that family and were it to go wrong, which it did, very disruptive for everything.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2022

As the nation shed the shackles of its wartime history, Michiko became the first commoner in centuries to marry into the family.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2021

Looking at them, he translated their faces into a strength he had once hoped somehow to marry into.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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