to find a husband or wife for someone
There's a merchant in Krondor with a homely daughter who he wants to marry off.
They had daughters to marry off, businesses to sell, vacations they'd been waiting to take.
They tried to marry their daughter off to a wealthy businessman.
You have to call in favours, bribe people, marry off your children, and convince your Dukes that there's a profit in your war.
marries off
marrying off
married off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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