marry off

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marry off

verb marries off · marrying off · married off

  1. idiomatic To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative. Mark Warshavsky, the composer of the classic "Oifn Pripitchik" wrote the melody now well-known from the conclusion of the wedding festivities, in which the parents marrying off their last child, sit with garlands on their heads, while family and friends dance around them.

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verb successfully arrange the marriage of someone

Españolcasar
中文把……嫁出去 bǎ... jià chūqù, 把……嫁給…… /把……嫁给…… bǎ... jià gěi..., 讓……娶親成家 /让……娶亲成家 ràng... qǔqīn chéngjia
Françaismarier
Deutschverheiraten, freien
Italianodare in matrimonio, dare in sposa, sistemare
Ελληνικάπαντρεύω pantrévo
Русскийжени́ть ženítʹ, пожени́ть poženítʹ, выдава́ть за́муж vydavátʹ zámuž, вы́дать за́муж výdatʹ zámuž
العربيةزَوَّجَ zawwaja

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@misc{marry_off_2026,
  title = {marry off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marry%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}