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.
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Pick your pair up in one of eight in-stock colors, including blue, beige, and red.
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Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
This year, after the death of a few penguins from old age or illness, the zoo secured approval to pair up penguin parents, said curator Quinn Brown.
—CBS News, 13 June 2026
Nvidia's new 88-core Vera CPUs will pair up with its Rubin GPUs as part of its major AI server rack hardware package later this year.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
The electrons form a structure, pairing up and filling orbitals from lowest to highest energy, with each orbital requiring a different number of pairs.
—Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
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Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
This year, after the death of a few penguins from old age or illness, the zoo secured approval to pair up penguin parents, said curator Quinn Brown.
—CBS News, 13 June 2026
Nvidia's new 88-core Vera CPUs will pair up with its Rubin GPUs as part of its major AI server rack hardware package later this year.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
The electrons form a structure, pairing up and filling orbitals from lowest to highest energy, with each orbital requiring a different number of pairs.
—Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pair up
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“Pair up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pair%20up. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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