couple up

English

Verb

couple up (third-person singular simple present couples up, present participle coupling up, simple past and past participle coupled up)

1. (transitive) To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.
   • 1892, Congressional Serial Set, page 492:

     It is utterly impossible for any factory in the United States to couple up 8,000 feet of hose within ten hours unless they had thirty or forty men on and have the couplings made, […]

2. (intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.
   • 1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian:

     By contrast, lesbians are sexually sedate. They don’t cruise sex clubs. They couple up and stay coupled, and they like cuddling and hugging more than they do serious, genitally-based sex.

   For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone.

See also

• pair up
• pal up