marry off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"For example, maybe agriculture is threatened by droughts or floods and so because of their economic constraints families want to marry off their daughters, so they don't have to feed the daughters themselves," Professor Clayton adds.
From BBC
Golda Rosheuvel reprises her role as Queen Charlotte, the mature, matchmaking-obsessed monarch who is desperately trying to marry off her adult children so they’ll produce an heir to the throne.
From Los Angeles Times
The period musical, which involves a king trying to marry off his daughter, may sound like a stretch for an artist known for an incisive, personal style anchored in the here and now.
From New York Times
But while the plot grapples with the purpose and function of marriage, the story of “Catherine Called Birdy” is one of a deeply felt familial love and bond, expressed earnestly, and with good humor, by Ramsey, Piper, Chapman, Renaux and especially Scott, who manages to make Rollo endearing in his entreaties to marry off his daughter.
From Los Angeles Times
He sets out to marry off young Lady Catherine — nicknamed Birdy, after her favorite pets — unaware that his best-laid plans will be foiled at every turn by his headstrong, ungovernable daughter.
From Washington Post
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
