pair up

phrasal 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

Though Disney initially stayed on the sidelines as sportsbooks and broadcasters hastily paired up, PointsBet locked in NBC, William Hill walled off CBS, the Stars Group partnered with Fox and Penn National experimented with Barstool. —Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025

Brandel Chamblee's comments about Bryson DeChambeau being a difficult player to pair up have quickly spread throughout the golfing world. —Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025

Pursuing further the idea of viewing AI as a collaborator rather than a competitor, a savvy therapist will realize that pairing up with AI is a useful means of augmenting their therapeutic practice. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Diaz is paired up with Law, who played Winslet's character's brother, while Winslet couples with Jack Black, a charismatic musician. —Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for pair up

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