marry up

English

Verb

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

(transitive) To join together.
(intransitive) To tally or correspond; to match up.
(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:
  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.

Translations

join — see join

to marry someone of a higher class

Finnish: mennä naimisiin ylemmän luokan henkilön kanssa
German: hochheiraten
Polish: poślubiać kogoś o wyższym statusie społecznym impf, poślubić kogoś o wyższym statusie społecznym pf

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