hook up

Formshooks up, hooking up, hooked up

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   casual sexphrasal verbslangintransitive

   To have a casual sexual experience with someone, usually without wanting a relationship.

   She said she didn't want to hook up with anyone at the party.

   They hooked up with each other once and never talked again.

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2. 2
   phrasal verbtransitive

   To connect something or someone to a power source, a machine, or a signal.

   Can you help me hook up the TV to the cable box?

   The nurse hooked up the old man to a heart monitor.

   Similarconnect, attach, link

   Oppositedisconnect, unplug

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   join forcesphrasal verbslangintransitive

   To join with someone to do something together.

   The singer hooked up with a famous DJ to make her new album.

   Our class should hook up with the school across town for the science fair.

   Similarpartner, collaborate

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4. 4
   wire upphrasal verbtransitive

   To put the parts of a machine together, often by joining the wires.

   My brother helped me hook up the new stereo, wire by wire.

   We hooked up the speakers, the screen, and the player in one afternoon.

   Similarconnect, assemble, install, wire

   Oppositedisconnect

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   introduce peoplephrasal verbslangtransitive

   To help someone meet or get in touch with another person.

   My aunt hooked up my cousin with a neighbor who needed a babysitter.

   Can you hook up my sister with someone at your company who knows about internships?

   Similarconnect, link, match, pair

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   give extraphrasal verbslangidiomatictransitive

   To give someone a low price, something for free, or more than they should get.

   The man at the shoe store hooked up my brother with a big discount.

   Our waiter likes to hook up kids with free desserts.

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   provide goodsphrasal verbslangidiomatictransitive

   To provide someone with goods or a service.

   Can you hook up my friend with a ticket to the show?

   Our neighbor owns a print shop, so he hooked up the school with flyers for the bake sale.

   Similarsupply, provide, equip, furnish

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   noun · hook-up

   Alternative form of hookup. It is the same word written with a hyphen.

   Our campsite has a water hook-up but no electricity.

   It was just a hook-up, not the start of a relationship.

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   illegal dealingphrasal verbslangidiomatictransitive

   To sell illegal drugs, or other things it is against the law to sell, to someone.

   Police say the man hooked up students with drugs outside the school.

   He went to jail for trying to hook up half the town with stolen cigarettes.

   Similarsupply

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