hook up

hook up
1) see hook 7)
2) PHRASAL VERB When someone hooks up a computer or other electronic machine, they connect it to other similar machines or to a central power supply.

[V P n (not pron)] ...technicians who hook up computer systems and networks...

[V n P] He brought it down, hooked it up, and we got the generator going.

[be V-ed P to n] ...if the machine is hooked up to an apartment's central wiring system. [Also V n P to n]

3) PHR-V-RECIP If one person, especially a musician, hooks up with another, the two people start working with each other. You can also say that two people hook up.

[V P with n] Anthrax have hooked up with Public Enemy for a metal/rap version of `Bring On The Noise'...

[pl-n V P] Seeing as how we got on so well together, it just seemed natural that we should hook up.


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