pair off

phrasal verb

paired off; pairing off; pairs off
1
: to join together in a romantic relationship
He hated being single while his friends were pairing off and having kids.
2
: to join or to cause others to join to form a group of two
People paired off for the next dance.
She paired the students off.

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He’s paired off with Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson), a man with brittle bones who’s spent his sickly life obsessing over comic books — and patiently waiting for a worthy nemesis. Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024 Women who get paired off with liars or someone who has misrepresented their past may feel duped or betrayed. Li Zhou, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Okay, so Sutton is potentially paired off and a horse girl. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024 In the end, almost all of Lost’s central characters are reunited in the church and paired off with their soulmates, including Jack and Kate, Sawyer and Juliet, and Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) and Claire. Janey Tracey, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pair off 

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“Pair off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pair%20off. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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