get hitched

verb

To get married, to wed.

“They're gonna get hitched next Saturday.”

Meanings

verbget hitched (third-person singular simple present gets hitched, present participle getting hitched, simple past got hitched, past participle (UK) got hitched or (US) gotten hitched)

present singular third person gets hitched · participle present getting hitched · past got hitched · UK participle past got hitched · US participle past gotten hitched

  1. colloquialintransitiveTo get married, to wed.

    They're gonna get hitched next Saturday.

    1 more example

    His parents flipped their lids when the two lovebugs got hitched. Jonnie couldn't stand the fact that her beautiful young son, gone so long over seas, had now tangled up with an older woman, and even worse, an older divorced woman […]

    2009, Dee Kassabian, My Four Fathers and Other Short Stories, page 45

    Synonyms: get married, wed, tie the knot

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo get married, to wed.

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APA

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MLA

“get hitched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20hitched. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get hitched,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20hitched.

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