Her parents insisted on a shotgun wedding.
shotgun wedding
idiomA wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.
Origin
disputed originFrom the implication that the groom was forced to the altar by shotgun-wielding relatives of the bride.
When they found out she was pregnant, the families arranged a shotgun wedding within a month.
The novel opens with a tense shotgun wedding in a dusty chapel, the bride visibly pregnant and the groom's face set with grim resignation.
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penny wedding
A wedding at which the guests contribute payments in order to fund the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.
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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.
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shotgun approach
An approach in which the subject is indiscriminate and haphazard, using breadth, spread, or quantity in lieu of accuracy, planning, etc.