pair off
verb
1 pair off
Form a pair or pairs.
synonyms: couple, pair, partner off.
Roget 29:
split the difference;
take the average
etc.
n.;
reduce to a mean
etc.
n.;
strike a balance,
pair off.
Roget 903:
marry,
wive,
take to oneself a wife;
be married,
be spliced;
go off,
pair off;
wed,
espouse,
get hitched [U.S.],
lead to the hymeneal altar,
take 'for better for worse',"
give one's hand to,
bestow one's hand upon.
marry,
join,
handfast†;
couple
etc.
(unit)
43;
tie the nuptial knot;
give away,
give away in marriage;
seal;
ally,
affiance;
betroth
etc.
(promise)
768;
publish the banns,
bid the banns;
be asked in church.
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Moby thesaurus: affiliate, ally, associate, average, average out, avoid extremes, band together, be in cahoots, be made one, be spliced, become one, bracket, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cement a union, centralize, club, club together, come together, confederate, conjugate, consociate, conspire, contract matrimony, couple, couple up, double-harness, double-team, espouse, federalize, federate, gang, gang up, get hitched, go in partners, go in partnership, hook up with, intermarry, interwed, join forces, join fortunes with, join together, join up with, join with, league, marry, match, mate, miscegenate, organize, pair, partner, remarry, rewed, span, split the difference, stand together, stand up with, strike a balance, take the average, take to wife, team, team up, team up with, team with, throw in with, tie in with, tie up with, unionize, unite with, wed, wive, yoke ... show more.
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