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AA15b

What joking ways do you have around here of saying that a man is getting married? “He ________.”

TOOK THE PLUNGE 20
GOT HOOKED 6
GOT HITCHED 2
IS TAKING THE PLUNGE 2
TIED THE KNOT 2
GOT CAUGHT 1
GOT HIMSELF A HOUSEKEEPER 1
HANDED OVER THE KEYS 1
IS GETTING HITCHED 1
IS SPOKEN FOR 1
PUT A RING ON IT 1
TIEING THE KNOT 1

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