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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmarry somebody ↔ off phrasal verbMARRYto find a husband or wife for someone – used to show disapproval to They married her off to the first young man who came along. → marry→ See Verb table
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marry off• In the time it takes to get the better of this slope, you could raise a family and marry them off.• Over coffee and a home-baked cake they told me of their plans to marry her off.• Throughout his career as a bachelor priest, people had tried to marry him off.• Old law-givers said that the father of a menstruating girl should marry her off immediately.• Our married life was off to an adventurous start.• Charles planned to marry her off to this man.marry to• Charles planned to marry her off to this man.
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