marry

marry
verb
ADVERB
well

To keep his wealthy lifestyle, he had to marry well.

VERB + MARRY
hope to, want to

I don't want to marry Robert.

agree to, promise to

He promised to marry her when he returned.

choose to

This was the woman he chose to marry.

be going to, plan to

Matt told me he was going to marry again.

They plan to marry next year.

be able to, be allowed to, be free to

He believes same-sex couples should be able to marry.

forbid sb to

Duty forbade them to marry.

ask sb to

He asked me to marry him but I said no.

PREPOSITION
for

He married her for love, not for money.

into

the difficulties of marrying into the royal family

PHRASES
get married

They are hoping to get married next year.

marry late, marry young

People are marrying later these days.

not be the marrying kind (= not be the kind of person who wants to get married)
Marry is used with these nouns as the object: ↑boyfriend, ↑girlfriend, ↑husband, ↑Jew, ↑lover, ↑partner, ↑widow, ↑wife, ↑woman

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