Idiom
take a wife
Meaning
To marry a woman.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He plans to take a wife next year.”
“After years of traveling the world, the young man decided to settle down and take a wife.”
“In the old story, the prince traveled across the sea to find a princess and take a wife, hoping to secure peace for his kingdom.”
Examples
simple
“He plans to take a wife next year.”
contextual
“After years of traveling the world, the young man decided to settle down and take a wife.”
complex
“In the old story, the prince traveled across the sea to find a princess and take a wife, hoping to secure peace for his kingdom.”
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