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

Blue Origin will be pairing up with Firefly to get NASA’s moonfall drones to the surface, which aim to jump around hard-to-reach locations of the moon’s south pole. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

The request was made a bit awkward by the reveal that Manny and Mickey once went on a date from hell after being paired up at the police department’s annual date auction. — Megan Vick, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

In the days leading up to the Christmas party Lexi and Ridge’s attempt to pair up their parents brings them closer together and their merry matchmaking ends in surprising results. — Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

One team is working with Claude, while another is paired up with Copilot, and a third is using ChatGPT. — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for pair up

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