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shotgun marriage
noun as in shotgun wedding
Example Sentences
It's a lot harder to be a carefree cad about town when you have child support payments or even, as the religious right hopes, a shotgun marriage.
Their union, hardly a shotgun marriage, makes sense conceptually.
Since the shotgun marriage - the first merger of two global systemically important banks - was completed in June, UBS has wrestled to stabilise the group.
Since the shotgun marriage - the first merger of two global systemically important banks - was completed in June, UBS has wrestled to stabilise its purchase.
The shotgun marriage to its fallen rival - the first-ever merger of two global systemically important banks - has created both opportunities and risks for UBS.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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