match|make

match|make
match|make «MACH MAYK», verb, -made, -mak|ing.
–v.i.
to arrange or try to arrange a marriage: »

Nor did I matchmake for Rose, who was quite able to find her own young men (Harper's).

–v.t.
to arrange a marriage for: »

Capitol busybodies have tried to matchmake widow Smith with Georgia's Senator Richard B. Russell (Time).


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