marry off

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marry off

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

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unter die Haube bringen

w>marry off

vt sep → an den Mann/die Frau bringen (inf); girl also → unter die Haube bringen (inf); he has married off his daughter to a rich young lawyer → er hat dafür gesorgt, dass seine Tochter einen reichen jungen Anwalt heiratet

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Well, lately Mas'r has been saying that he was a fool to let me marry off the place; that he hates Mr.

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TAXILA -- Police on Saturday foiled a bid to marry off a 13-year-old girl to a man 40 years older than her.

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It says many refugee families marry off their daughters as a way to protect them against poverty or sexual exploitation.

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Although the legal age is 17, under a legal provision for "exceptional circumstances" a family can apply for the consent of the courts to legally marry off a child who is younger than the established legal age.

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Mr Raphael Aoko, a programme unit manager with Plan International Kenya, said early marriages were common in rural areas, where parents readily marry off their daughters to get bride price.

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KHAIRPUR -- Sindh Police foiled an attempt to marry off a nine year old girl to a 45 year old man by raiding a house in Khairpur.

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It's not realistic for families to ask for exorbitant sums of money to marry off their daughters," he said.

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I was very shocked when one of my employees died just 12 days before he could marry off his two daughters.