A shotgun marriage refers to a situation where two people get married quickly because they are expecting a child or because it is socially expected, even if they may not be fully ready or willing to commit to each other. Full definition
There was an odd shotgun marriage in a sense, but it was really fruitful. (bombmagazine.org)
The Danish «Pusher» is from Nicolas Winding Refn, a director whose shotgun marriage of the art house and the grind house is lavishly on view in his neo-exploitation flick «Drive,» featuring Ryan Gosling as one self - consciously cool cat. (nytimes.com)
«There is no political shotgun marriage equivalent of the old days.» (nystateofpolitics.com)