hook up

Meaning

1. Editorial40% of films

   to meet or join up with someone

2. Editorial33% of films

   to have a casual sexual encounter with someone

3. Editorial13% of films

   to get something for someone or arrange for them to have it

   Thanks for the hook-up, too. I needed a place to stay.

4. Oxford13% of films

   to connect sb / sth to a piece of electronic equipment, to a power supply or to the Internet

In the movies · 33

• I'm telling you, hooking up is easy.I Love You, Man2009
• Got hooked up with some manager guy, wants to...A Star Is Born2018
• Thanks for the hook-up, too. I needed a place to stay.Ant-Man2015
• We did hook up before.Palm Springs2020
• Hook me up.The Martian2015
• How'd you ever hook up with Jane?Deconstructing Harry1997
• What if I'm the awkward hook-up story?Rye Lane2023
• Okay, hook up the fetal monitor.Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story2009

Learn it in full scenes

• I Love You, Man2009
  • Peter Proposes to Zooey
  • Peter Misses the Joshua Tree Trip
  • Peter Tries to Make Friends
• A Star Is Born2018
  • Jack Crashes the Drag Bar
  • Jackson Meets Ally at the Drag Bar
  • Jackson Tells Ally She's Talented
• Deconstructing Harry1997
  • Lucy Confronts Harry About the Book
  • Lucy Pulls a Gun on Harry
  • Death Comes for Mendel Birnbaum

From the same entry

• by hook or by crook
• get off the hook
• hook, line and sinker
• off the hook
• ring off the hook
• sling your hook
• hook up with
• hook up with