HOOK UP WITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hook up with mean? 

• HOOK UP WITH (verb)
  The verb HOOK UP WITH has 1 sense:

1. take in marriage

  Familiarity information: HOOK UP WITH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOOK UP WITH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take in marriage

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed

Hypernyms (to "hook up with" is one way to...):

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

Verb group:

marry; splice; tie; wed (perform a marriage ceremony)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hook up with"):

inmarry (marry within one's own tribe or group)

mismarry (marry an unsuitable partner)

wive (marry a woman, take a wife)

wive (take (someone) as a wife)

intermarry (marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group)

remarry (marry, not for the first time)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody