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to meet up with

to meet up with

81 2.1
To get together with someone by arrangement to spend time
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
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  • Let's meet up with our friends at the coffee shop this afternoon.
  • meet up with others

It is Katie's birthday and we're meeting up with Matt King?

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Examples

  • So I've gone down to Devon to meet up with the team.

  • But I am going to meet up with Holly, so let's get going.

  • So I have just met up with Yo.

  • I love this first day in England and I already met up with an Internet friend.

  • Now you want me to meet up with them?

  • We're actually meeting up with her this week.

  • Well, it's perfect, I was on my way to meet up with my best friends...

  • I'm about to meet up with the girls.

  • I got invited to meet up with a bunch of moms at the local church.

  • I'm about to meet up with Nicole and James for some coffee.

Synonyms

to meet
vsto meet up with
1.0

To come together with someone for the first time or by arrangement

is only for arranged social time rather than first introductions
to see
vsto meet up with
  • Informal
1.0

To have a romantic relationship with someone

is arranged social time without necessarily romantic implications
to get together
vsto meet up with
  • Informal
644 2.0

To meet with other people for a social event or to do something together

is mainly for arranged time with one person rather than group
to hit it up
vsto meet up with
  • Slang
1 8.9

To meet someone and spend time talking and relaxing

is neutral arranged time for planned social interaction
to link-up
vsto meet up with
  • Informal
3.7

To meet another person or group briefly and informally

is planned time together, usually longer and more than a brief joining

Antonyms

1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

How Formal

to convene
  • Formal
45 5.7
to meet
1.0
to meet up with
  • Informal
81 2.1
to bump into
55 2.2

Surface Forms

meet up with infinitive
meeting up with present participle
meets up with third person singular
met up with past participle

Morphology

meet + up + with

The meaning 'to meet someone by arrangement' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'meet' (to come together) combined with the particle 'up' (giving an informal/complete meeting sense) and 'with' marking accompaniment. This is a common phrasal-verb + preposition pattern that follows standard English composition and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrasal verb meet up with comes from a simple image: people move to the same place to see each other, with meet (come together) and up (move to the spot). So, it means 'to meet someone by arrangement'.