ask for someone's hand in marriage
English
Alternative forms
- ask for someone's hand
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)
- (dated) To propose marriage
Translations
Translations
See also
- propose
Further reading
- “someone s hand in marriage” (US) / “someone s hand in marriage” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “somebody s hand in marriage” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “ask for somebody's hand” in thefreedictionary.com, Copyright 2010 Farlex, Inc.