marry up

marry up (third-person singular simple present marries up, present participle marrying up, simple past and past participle married up)

1. (transitive) To join together.
2. (intransitive) To tally or correspond; to match up.
3. (intransitive) To marry someone of a higher social class.
   • 2022 August 27, Bidisha Mamata, “Tinder is 10 but after a dip in the dating app pool I’m staying resolutely single”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     But as Meghan and Marin know, whether you married up or tried to have some downtime, if you’re a woman trying to live her life, the world will find a way to make you pay.