ask for someone's hand in marriage

• ask for someone's hand

ask for someone's hand in marriage (third-person singular simple present asks for someone's hand in marriage, present participle asking for someone's hand in marriage, simple past and past participle asked for someone's hand in marriage)

1. (dated) To propose marriage

• propose

• “someone s hand in marriage” (US) / “someone s hand in marriage” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “somebody s hand in marriage” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “ask for somebody's hand” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.