"marry in haste, repent at leisure" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} marry in haste, repent at leisure
  1. Getting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.
    Sense id: en-marry_in_haste,_repent_at_leisure-en-proverb-L1nZ1T~r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 60 40
  2. (by extension) Joining (or merging) two things together too soon will lead to problems. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-marry_in_haste,_repent_at_leisure-en-proverb-UDZ9d2pu

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