"marry up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: marries up [present, singular, third-person], marrying up [participle, present], married up [participle, past], married up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} marry up (third-person singular simple present marries up, present participle marrying up, simple past and past participle married up)
  1. (transitive) To join together. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-marry_up-en-verb-A~pBdxLv
  2. (intransitive) To tally or correspond; to match up. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-marry_up-en-verb-9fL4acot Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 55 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 13 69 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 59 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 73 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 62 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 70 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 49 39
  3. (intransitive) To marry someone of a higher social class. Tags: intransitive Translations (to marry someone of a higher class): hochheiraten (German), poślubić kogoś o wyższym statusie społecznym [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-marry_up-en-verb-F9c-4M5J Disambiguation of 'to marry someone of a higher class': 4 6 90

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To tally or correspond; to match up."
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