Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.

    verheiraten, freien

    жени́тьženítʹ, пожени́тьpoženítʹ, выдава́ть за́мужvydavátʹ zámuž

    одру́жуватиodrúžuvaty, одружи́тиodružýty, жени́тиženýty

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I have three daughters to marry off.

    ruУ меня три дочери на выданье.

    deIch habe drei Töchter zu verheiraten.

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  2. I married off my daughter.

    ruЯ выдал дочь замуж.

    deIch habe meine Tochter verheiratet.

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  3. Tom will marry Mary off.

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  4. The fella is getting married, he's off the market!

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  5. How can you marry your daughter off to someone like Sami?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
successfully arrange the marriage of someone:
Русский
By meaning 1
successfully arrange the marriage of someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
successfully arrange the marriage of someone:

Forms

marries off, marrying off, married off, married off
Base formmarry off · to marry off
3rd person singularmarries off
Present participlemarrying off
Past simplemarried off
Past participlemarried off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymarry off
he, she, itmarries off

Past simpleLesson

all personsmarried off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave married off
he, she, ithas married off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill marry off

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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