To marry abruptly or under pressure as a result of an unexpected event that creates a perceived need to wed (often used of a pregnancy or social emergency).
To enter into a marriage as a hurried or forced solution to a sudden problem rather than as a planned union.
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To marry at the last minute or opportunistically, analogous to scoring from a penalty kick—decisive, sudden, and prompted by circumstance rather than long deliberation.