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

The lifelong friends paired up with director Louis Malle after playwright Gregory’s stint in Europe, staging experimental theater and dabbling in New Age communities (and near-death experiences). —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 May 2026

Daraxonrasib solves the problem by pairing up with a protein called cyclophilin A inside cells. —Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 May 2026

Downtown offers fabulous hotels and inventive restaurants, while Butchertown and Germantown pair up-and-coming bars and businesses with impressive vintage architecture. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026

After unboxing 20,000 shirts, the rest of the staff paired up in different sections around the area, with one putting the shirts on the seats and the other following behind and straightening them out. —Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for pair up

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