pair up

verb

paired up; pairing up; pairs up

: to join together for a purpose, job, etc.

The two organizations paired up to educate the public about the threat of global warming.

Examples of pair up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hair braiding 101 Armed with a glass of cold liquid courage and an arsenal of hair elastics and barrettes, dads paired up with one of Strands Aveda’s stylists to learn their daughter’s hairstyle of choice. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Contestants paired up to create performances that told a believable story and convinced the judges of their connection. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

In the premiere episode, six-time Mirrorball champion Derek Hough flew in as a mentor and guest judge to help the 12 contestants pair up and assigned the men to perform a jive and the women to dance a samba. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

One day earlier, the co-stars once again paired up to surprise a crowd of fans at Los Angeles’s Cinespia. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for pair up

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