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to get hitched with

to get hitched with

7.3
Marry someone, often in a small informal ceremony
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
translation icon : casarse con
  • Did you hear that Sarah got hitched with Mark last weekend?

Examples

  • She never thought she'd get hitched with someone she met online.

  • They decided to get hitched with their closest friends present.

  • After dating for five years, they decided to get hitched with each other in a small ceremony.

  • Many couples choose to get hitched with their best friend and soulmate.

  • After dating for five years, they decided to get hitched with each other in a small ceremony.

  • Many couples choose to get hitched with their best friend and soulmate.

  • Did you hear that Sarah got hitched with Mark last weekend?

Synonyms

to marry
vsto get hitched with
∞ 1.0

To become someone's husband or wife in a ceremony

is the informal, conversational way to describe that act
to get married
vsto get hitched with
∞ 1.0

To officially become someone's husband or wife

is the informal phrasing for that same legal union
to elope
vsto get hitched with
48 6.1

To run away secretly to get married without telling your parents

is informal but not secretive, unlike this concealed action
to tie the knot
vsto get hitched with
  • Informal
26 3.1

To get married and begin life together as a couple

is equally informal but slightly more conversational and playful
to wed
vsto get hitched with
  • Formal
24 2.8

To marry someone in a ceremony

is more everyday and relaxed in tone than this formal term
to take a wife
vsto get hitched with
  • Archaic
5 9.2

To marry a woman

is informal and gender-neutral rather than old-fashioned and male focused

Antonyms

to break up
  • Informal
678 2.6

End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner

to divorce
522 3.0

To end a marriage officially by a court

How Committed

to get hitched with
  • Informal
7.3
engaged
1.4
to move in
415 1.8
to go steady
  • Archaic
19 6.0
to date
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

get hitched with infinitive
getting hitched with present participle
gets hitched with third person singular
got hitched with past
got hitched with past participle

Morphology

get + hitched + with

The verb 'hitched' is metaphorically related to 'hitch' (to fasten or tie), so a learner who knows the constituents might infer a sense of being 'tied together' and thus marriage; however 'get hitched' is an informal idiom and the specific meaning 'to marry' is not fully predictable from the literal parts, especially with the variable use of prepositions. Because the connection is partly inferable but requires metaphorical transfer and idiomatic knowledge, this is best classified as semi-transparent.

Etymology

Get hitched with comes from the old word hitch, which meant to join two things with a hook or to tie a horse to a cart. One popular story says people compared marriage to two horses tied together, so to get hitched with someone came to mean 'to marry'.