marriage of convenience
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Definition(s):
- (n) a marriage for expediency rather than love
Usage(s):
- Atwater's appointment to the board was a marriage of convenience.
- The Tymoshenko-Yanukovych alliance, which created a veto-proof marriage of convenience, also simplified legislation on presidential impeachment.
- Boswell paints it as a love match; Hawkins accepts without disapproval the more credible view that it was a marriage of convenience.
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