# cut and carried

idiom · Slang

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/cut-and-carried
Updated: 2026-06-07

## Meaning

married

## Examples

- They are finally cut and carried after five years together.
- My sister and her boyfriend are getting cut and carried in a small ceremony by the sea next month.
- Although they lived together for a decade, they decided to get cut and carried only when they realized it would make their legal situation much simpler.

## Origin

Applying only to the wife who is cut off from the parental support and carried (provided for) by her husband.

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