"ask for someone's hand in marriage" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ask for someone's hand in marriage.wav Forms: asks for someone's hand in marriage [present, singular, third-person], asking for someone's hand in marriage [participle, present], asked for someone's hand in marriage [participle, past], asked for someone's hand in marriage [past], ask for someone's hand [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=ask for someone's hand in marriage}} 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 Tags: dated Related terms: propose Translations (to propose marriage): בִּקֵּשׁ יָד (biqqésh yad) (Hebrew), megkéri a kezét (Hungarian), chiedere la mano (Italian), pedir la mano (Spanish), posa (Swahili)

Inflected forms

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