join up

verb

joined up; joining up; joins up

1

: to meet each other at a particular place

We're planning to join up (with each other) and have a few drinks after the game.

2

: to become a member of a group or organization

More than 100 people have joined up.

Examples of join up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the film, Coon plays Rita Cooper, a Holocaust survivor who abandons her family to join up with a mysterious commune. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

An airborne quarterback directs the drone According to The War Zone, the F-22 and YFQ-44A took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California and joined up in the air. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

In the intervening years, Morales had lost his wife and daughter and joined up with Negan’s Saviors. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026

Remnants of Hurricane #Polo, currently in the eastern Tropical Pacific, join up with storm system moving into the SW United States. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for join up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup