marry above oneself

Fig. to marry someone in a higher social class than oneself. They say she married above herself, but who cares? Scott thought it would not be possible to marry above himself.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wolf	WUWLF (English)	German, Jewish, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
BronisŁAwa	braw-nee-SWAH-vah	Polish
Sid	[sid]
Zyanya	-	Native American, Zapotec
Carlito	kahr-LEE-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Mikaela	MEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish