"exchange vows" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: exchanges vows [present, singular, third-person], exchanging vows [participle, present], exchanged vows [participle, past], exchanged vows [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} exchange vows (third-person singular simple present exchanges vows, present participle exchanging vows, simple past and past participle exchanged vows)
  1. (literally, of two parties) To make a mutual promise. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-exchange_vows-en-verb-64LJefaE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
  2. To get married.
    Sense id: en-exchange_vows-en-verb-NTe4E6mA

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for exchange vows meaning in English (2.0kB)

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