marry up

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Verb

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marry up (third-person singular simple present marries up, present participle marrying up, simple past and past participle married up)

  1. (transitive) To join together.
  2. (intransitive) To tally or correspond; to match up.
  3. (intransitive) To marry someone of a higher social class.
    • 2022 August 27, Bidisha Mamata, “Tinder is 10 but after a dip in the dating app pool I’m staying resolutely single”, in The Observer[1]:
      But as Meghan and Marin know, whether you married up or tried to have some downtime, if you’re a woman trying to live her life, the world will find a way to make you pay.

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