HOOKS UP (WITH) Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

hooks up (with)

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present tense third-person singular of hook up (with)

as in takes

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Pino is seen as a player who takes risks to progress play up the pitch, offering a slightly different profile to the rest of the squad.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 July 2026
His moviegoing sensibility that any casting that takes him far away from the film’s narrative is a negative goes into the red zone with Page, who reunites with Nolan after Inception.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2026

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