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What joking ways do you have around here of saying that people got married? “They ________.”

GOT HITCHED 663
TIED THE KNOT 227
GOT HOOKED 57
JUMPED THE BROOMSTICK 32
GOT SPLICED 29
GOT HOOKED UP 26
TIED UP 26
GOT TIED 24
HITCHED 20
JUMPED THE BROOM 20
GOT TIED UP 19
NR 18
JUMPED THE BROOM HANDLE 16
HITCHED UP 15
HOOKED UP 13
GOT HITCHED UP 12
GOT THE KNOT TIED 11
SPLICED 10
TOOK THE PLUNGE 5
JUMPED THE ROPE 4
MADE IT LEGAL 4
TEAMED UP 4
TOOK THE FATAL STEP 4
WERE HITCHED 4
BROKE THEIR NECK 3
COUPLED 3
ELOPED 3
HOOKED 3
TIED 3
ARE DONE 2
BIT THE DUST 2
GOT HITCHED TOGETHER 2
GOT IN TROUBLE 2
GOT TIED TOGETHER 2
GOT TOGETHER 2
HAD TO 2
JUMPED OVER THE BROOMSTICK 2
MARRIED UP 2
STEPPED OFF 2
TOOK THE FATAL PLUNGE 2
ARE BEING HITCHED 1
ARE BEING TIED 1
ARE FOREVER LOST 1
ARE GETTING HUNG 1
ARE TEAMED UP 1
CAUGHT 1
COULD HAVE HAD A SHOTGUN WEDDING 1
COULDN’T WAIT 1
COUPLED UP 1
CUT THE CAKE 1
CUT THEIR THROATS 1
DECIDED TO SLEEP TOGETHER 1
DID IT 1
DID THE THING 1
DID THEIR THING 1
DONE TIE NOW 1
DOUBLED UP 1
FELL IN LOVE 1
FINALLY DID IT 1
FINALLY GOT THE BOW TIED 1
FINALLY GOT UNITED 1
FINALLY HOOKED HIM 1
FINALLY MADE IT LEGAL 1
GET BLENDED 1
GONE AND DONE IT 1
GONNA MAKE THOSE PROMISES 1
GOT ANCHORED 1
GOT BUCKLED UP 1
GOT CAUGHT IN JAIL 1
GOT COUPLED 1
GOT HARNESSED 1
GOT HIMSELF A GOOD WOMAN 1
GOT HITCH 1
GOT HOG-TIED 1
GOT HUNG 1
GOT HUNG UP 1
GOT INTO THE BALL AND CHAIN 1
GOT JAIL FOR LIFE 1
GOT LOCKED 1
GOT MARRIED 1
GOT PUT BEHIND THE EIGHT-BALL 1
GOT TANGLED 1
GOT TATTOOED 1
GOT THEMSELF IN THE SOUP 1
GOT TIED UP FOR LIFE 1
GOT UNITED 1
GOT WED 1
GOT WELDED 1
GOT YOKED 1
HAD THE KNOT TIED 1
HAD THE NOOSE TIED 1
HANGED THEMSELVES 1
HAVE TAKEN THE BIG STEP 1
HAVE TAKEN UP TOGETHER 1
HEADED FOR THE LAST ROUND-UP 1
HE’S NOW PAYING HER GROCERY BILL 1
HITCHED AND DOUBLED 1
HITCHING A RIDE 1
HOOK UP DOUBLE 1
HOOKED FOR LIFE 1
HOPPED THE BROOMSTICK 1
HUNG THEMSELVES 1
IT’S LEGAL NOW 1
JOINED THE RAT RACE 1
JOINED UP 1
JUMPED IN DOUBLE HARNESS AND TROTTED THROUGH LIFE 1
JUMPED OFF THE DEEP END 1
JUMPED THE BUCKET 1
JUMPED THE DITCH 1
JUMPED THE FENCE 1
JUMPED THE PUDDLE 1
LOST THEIR MINDS 1
MADE A HITCH 1
MADE IT 1
MADE THE MISTAKE 1
MERGED 1
POOLED RESOURCES 1
PREACHER TIED THE KNOT 1
RAN DOWN THE AISLE 1
RAN OFF 1
SAID I DO 1
SAID THE FINAL YES 1
SAW THE PREACHER 1
SHACKING UP LEGALLY 1
SHE CAUGHT HIM 1
SHE TOOK ON A BOARDER 1
STEPPED OVER THE BROOMSTICK 1
THREW THE SWITCH 1
TIED A KNOT 1
TIED THE NUPTIAL KNOT 1
TOOK A BIG STEP IN THE DARK 1
TOOK OFF 1
TOOK ON THE BALL AND CHAIN 1
TOOK THE BALL AND CHAIN 1
TOOK THE BIG LEAP 1
TOOK THE LONG WALK 1
TOOK THE STEP 1
TOOK THE VOWS 1
TRAVELING DOUBLE YOKE 1
TWO FOOLS MET 1
WALKED THE LAST MILE 1
WALKED UP THE AISLE 1
WAS SPLICED 1
WED 1
WENT DUAL 1
WENT INTO DOUBLE 1
WENT OVER THE HILL 1
WENT THE LIMIT 1
WENT TO SEE THE PRIEST 1
WENT UP THE MIDDLE AISLE 1
WERE HOOKED 1
WERE LOCKED 1
WERE MERGED 1
WERE WEDDED 1

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