tie the knot

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tie the knot (third-person singular simple present ties the knot, present participle tying the knot, simple past and past participle tied the knot)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To marry, wed, get married.
    • 1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in Burlesques:
      Rowena sacrificed her inclination to remain single, to her sense of duty; and contracted a second matrimonial engagement. . . . Cardinal Pandulfo tied the knot for them.
    • 2002 November 25, Scott MacLeod, “Live from Baghdad”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 24 April 2008:
      After the 20-year-old mechanic tied the knot with his 18-year-old cousin, the newlyweds headed to Baghdad's Ishtar Hotel.
    • 2019 December 15, Nicholas Hellen, “Newlyweds now stay married longer than the Victorians”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5:
      Couples tying the knot today will enjoy a marriage lasting an average of 40 years, according to an analysis of official statistics.
    • 2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:
      Congratulations to newlyweds Liam and Jennifer King, who surprised passengers at Manchester Oxford Road in late May when they boarded a Northern service to complete the journey from Manchester registry office (where they had just tied the knot) to their wedding celebrations in Stockport.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tie,‎ the,‎ knot.

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