join up

phrasal 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

Instead, international players will join up with their countries and the rest will immediately head on holiday. —Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 May 2025

A number of soldiers pointed to a surge in people joining up when the military was engaged in conflicts like Afghanistan. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025

Jang shakes his hand and smiles, confirming his decision to join up with Owen. —Barry Levitt, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025

Those questions lead this rogue’s gallery of characters — whose frequent disagreements supply much of film’s clever humor — to join up with an audience favorite, the bearish Red Guardian (David Harbour, chewing up the part like a pro). —Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for join up

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