betroth (someone or oneself) to (someone)
betroth (someone or oneself) to (someone)
1. To arrange a marriage between two people. Is it true that Lady Edith's family really betrothed her to that horrid man?
2. To agree or vow to marry someone. A: "Why would Alice betroth herself to someone so disreputable?" B: Well, he does have money."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
betroth someone to someone
to promise someone in marriage to someone else. The king betrothed his daughter to a prince from the neighboring kingdom. She betrothed herself to one of the peasant boys from the village.
See also: betroth
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- betroth
- betroth to
- betrothed
- marry above (one's) station
- marry above (oneself)
- betrothed to (someone)
- marry below (one's) station
- marry below (oneself)
- marry below oneself
- marry beneath (one's) station