marry off

verb

1. tr, adverb to find a husband or wife for (a person, esp one's son or daughter)

Example Sentences

This was legal because, across the U.S., parents were allowed to marry off their young daughters, and the age of sexual consent was largely prepubescent, typically at 10 or 12.

From Slate

Others marry off their young daughters to families willing to pay them money.

From Seattle Times

"For example, maybe agriculture is threatened by droughts or floods and so because of their economic constraints families want to marry off their daughters, so they don't have to feed the daughters themselves," Professor Clayton adds.

From BBC

These conditions force families in the northwest African country to sell their livestock at extremely low prices and marry off their minor daughters in order to reduce the number of mouths they have to feed at home.

From Salon

He has also been labelled as sexist after telling voters he would marry off his then-18-year-old sister to President Mnangagwa if his rival only won 5% of the vote in the 2018 election.

From BBC