pair (someone) up with (someone)
idiom
: to join (a person) with (another person) for a purpose, job, etc.
They paired me up with a new partner for the last game.
The program pairs up volunteers with children who need help learning to read.
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Between 2013 and 2019, passersby in a variety of cities around the world — Madrid, New York, Toronto, Athens, Moscow and others — could pair up with another person to explore interneural synchrony.
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Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Elite-college students tend to date their classmates; astrophysicists might disproportionately pair up with other scientists.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The new version of the podcast will see Shaq pair up with fellow TNT Inside the NBA host Adam Lefkoe and Playmaker HQ producer Shaine Freeman.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
However, this means that the excitons can pair up with equally slow-moving phonons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2023
Oakford Knee High Boots by DuoBoots The best pair of stylish boots to pair up with silk skirts and sweaters has arrived.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
Like a canny Bachelor contestant, Cicero can persuade another human to pair up with it.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
During the episode, players choose a fellow competitor to pair up with, before it’s revealed that their partner is actually their opponent in the challenge.
—NBC News, 16 Oct. 2021
Keanu Neal, the safety turned linebacker who worked for Quinn in Atlanta, will pair up with Parsons on passing downs.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2021
Quanta Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Elite-college students tend to date their classmates; astrophysicists might disproportionately pair up with other scientists.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The new version of the podcast will see Shaq pair up with fellow TNT Inside the NBA host Adam Lefkoe and Playmaker HQ producer Shaine Freeman.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
However, this means that the excitons can pair up with equally slow-moving phonons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2023
Oakford Knee High Boots by DuoBoots The best pair of stylish boots to pair up with silk skirts and sweaters has arrived.
—Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
Like a canny Bachelor contestant, Cicero can persuade another human to pair up with it.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
During the episode, players choose a fellow competitor to pair up with, before it’s revealed that their partner is actually their opponent in the challenge.
—NBC News, 16 Oct. 2021
Keanu Neal, the safety turned linebacker who worked for Quinn in Atlanta, will pair up with Parsons on passing downs.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2021
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