marry up

verb — 3 senses

verb

To join together.

To tally or correspond; to match up.

To marry someone of a higher social class.

But as Meghan and Marin know, whether you married up or tried to have some downtime, if you’re a woman trying to live her life, the world will find a way to make you pay.2022 August 27, Bidisha Mamata, “Tinder is 10 but after a dip in the dating app pool I’m staying resolutely single”, in The Observer:

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