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

In a collaboration with TikTok LIVE, the Food Network Kitchen will be hosting a series of hour-long livestreams that pair up a Food Network chef with a food content creator. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026

Wait, wasn’t the original happy ending supposed to have our protagonist pairing up with his son? — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Before her departure, Keyser was briefly paired up with fellow islander Zach Georgiou in Casa Amor ahead of his eventual solo return to the villa. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

Dumpings can happen by elimination, by public vote—every week or so, viewers can choose their favorite islanders or pick who a new bombshell should pair up with—or, more diabolically, by the other islanders’ selection. — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

Rhymes for pair up

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