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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Again, it does not marry up with the amount of praise he receives when he is playing well.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
“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 • Feb. 15, 2024
Characters fall in and out of love, marry up, disgrace themselves, disappear for hundreds of pages, die.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
“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
"Exactly," said I, smiling, and gazing at her fixedly, "I have not cared to marry up to the present, but I cannot say that I may not care to some day when least looked for."
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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