as in travels
to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hooks up
Meanwhile, his sister Audrey (anatasia Phillips) secretly hooks up with his best friend Backwoods (Daniel Petronijevic), while beloved site manager Chelsea (Jennifer Spence) faces an uncomfortable truth when Jenn Conch (Jennifer Irwin) returns to Imperial Valley and wants to fit in.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Jeremiah continues to struggle with his breakup from Belly and hooks up with Steven and Taylor's friends.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Valpy hooks up with the local troop of sea scouts, despite Fonseca being entirely landlocked.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Jeremiah continues to struggle with his breakup from Belly and hooks up with Steven and Taylor's friends.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Valpy hooks up with the local troop of sea scouts, despite Fonseca being entirely landlocked.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooks up
Verb
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Home wins against Michigan and Auburn are nice, but Oklahoma travels next week to South Carolina and then plays five teams that entered Saturday ranked in the top 15, including trips to Alabama and Tennessee.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Everyone associates that with us.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hunger can be another motivator, especially if your feline associates certain times or behaviors with food.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Since the split, sources told People that the actress bonds with their two daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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The film follows Costner as a Civil War soldier who bonds with a Sioux tribe and adapts to their way of life.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
1 Sep. 2025
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The stretch of road, from about 39th to 65th Street, runs north of the building rooftop from which the helicopter had ascended, through East Sacramento and past Sacramento State into the foothills.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Shoulder season in the Jungfrau Region generally runs between April and May as well as September and October.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The acquisition allows Worldly to incorporate GoBlu’s technology into its own platform, creating a foundation for a unified system that connects chemical compliance data with verified environmental performance metrics across consumer goods.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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Prompt’s flagship app, Seemour, connects to home security cameras, adding sophisticated capabilities.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The machine mixes the ingredients continuously around a cooling cylinder, causing tiny ice crystals to form rather than freezing the liquid into a big solid block.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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These include egg replaces for baking and cookie mixes to which customers can just add water and vegan butter at home to make their own Maya’s Cookies.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Superintendent Brenda Cassellius also joins in on the fun.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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But if Jones joins Purdy on the list of inactives come Sunday, San Francisco will certainly find themselves in a tricky situation at the quarterback position for Week 6.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Longoria often collaborates with stylist Maeve Reilly.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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The unit collaborates with various federal, state, tribal, and local partners, including the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, to combat terrorism.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Hooks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooks%20up. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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