"marry out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: marries out [present, singular, third-person], marrying out [participle, present], married out [participle, past], married out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} marry out (third-person singular simple present marries out, present participle marrying out, simple past and past participle married out)
  1. To marry someone who is from another family; To avoid incest.
    Sense id: en-marry_out-en-verb-KMLgtpMl
  2. To marry someone from a different religion or ethnic group.
    Sense id: en-marry_out-en-verb-z-wG7lrO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 18 82

Inflected forms

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