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shotgun wedding

idiom

A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.


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  1. 01

    penny wedding

    A wedding at which the guests contribute payments in order to fund the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.

  2. 02

    ride shotgun

    To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect.

  3. 03

    shotgun approach

    An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc.

  4. 04

    wedding

    The joining of two or more parts.

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