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marry into

verb

  1. intr, preposition to become a member of (a family) by marriage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“If I could interview him, I’d ask for an apology. But I’m not voting for him to be my compadre, or to marry into the family. I’m voting for him to run this country like a business and get us back into shape.”

And that means you’re going to get a different take every time, and as long as those takes all feel like they can marry into the same rainbow, to get back to the metaphor, that’s the way to keep “Star Trek” fresh.

Aubrey Plaza not only plays a character named Wow Platinum, a salacious interviewer looking to marry into wealth, but somehow frees herself of any embarrassment while doing so.

The hurricane could be a low-hanging comparison to the torrential trials and tribulations of going through life, especially if you marry into the Trump family—or it could be a swipe at those who criticized her for letting her son drive his toy car during a hurricane back in 2022.

From Slate

Driven by greed, white settlers hatched a plan to marry into wealthy Osage families, while murdering tribe members who stood to inherit great wealth, in an effort to benefit from the oil on their land.

From BBC

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