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ask for someone's hand in marriage

ask for someone's hand in marriage verb: to propose marriage.

Verb

ask for someone's hand in marriage (third-person singular simple present asks for someone's hand in marriage, present participle asking for someone's hand in marriage, simple past and past participle asked for someone's hand in marriage)

  1. (dated) To propose marriage

Forms of ask for someone's hand in marriage

third-person singular presentasks for someone's hand in marriage
present participleasking for someone's hand in marriage
past participleasked for someone's hand in marriage
pastasked for someone's hand in marriage
alternative formask for someone's hand

Questions about ask for someone's hand in marriage

What does ask for someone's hand in marriage mean?
Ask for someone's hand in marriage means to propose marriage.
What part of speech is ask for someone's hand in marriage?
Ask for someone's hand in marriage is a verb.
What is the past tense of ask for someone's hand in marriage?
The past tense of ask for someone's hand in marriage is asked for someone's hand in marriage.

Words near ask for someone's hand in marriage in the dictionary

  1. ask back
  2. ask box
  3. ask boxes
  4. ask for
  5. ask for it
  6. ask for someone's hand in marriage
  7. ask for the moon
  8. ask for trouble
  9. ask how high when someone says jump
  10. ask in
  11. Ask Jeeves

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