Get married When people fall in love and stay in love, they eventually decide that it's a good idea to get married. This couple is going to get married bride

carry someone over the threshold

to carry the woman who you have just married through the door of your home

hear wedding bells

to think that someone will soon get married

name the day

to decide on a date for your wedding and tell people about it

pop the question

to ask someone to marry you

pronounce someone man/husband and wife

to state as an official legal fact that two people are married

a/the big day

a very important day, especially the day arranged for your wedding

plight/pledge your troth

an old phrase meaning ‘to promise to get married to someone’

someone’s hand in marriage

permission to marry a particular woman

someone’s intended

the person who someone plans to marry

Dating and Marriage Vocabulary in English

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By Kenneth Beare
This dating and marriage vocabulary guide provides common expressions used in English to speak about romance, going out and getting married including the verbs, nouns and idioms used with these expressions. These are often similar to those used whenspeaking about romantic relationships.

Before Marriage

Verbs
to ask someone out - to ask someone to go on a date
Alan asked Susan out last week. She still hasn't given him an answer. 
to date - to see someone repeatedly in a romantic sense
They dated for two years before they decided to get married.
to fall in love - to find someone that you love
They fell in love while on a hike through Peru.
to go out - to date once, to go out repeatedly (often used in the present perfect continuous form)
We're going out next Friday. We've been going out for a few months now. 
to court - to try to date someone (older English, not often used in modern, everyday English)
The young man courted his love by sending her flowers every day.