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coupled up

coupled up is the simple past and past participle of couple up.

Meaning of couple up

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.
    • 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, […]1892, Congressional Serial Set, page 492
  2. (intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.
    • For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone.

Questions about coupled up

What is coupled up the simple past and past participle of?
Coupled up is the simple past and past participle of couple up.

Words near coupled up in the dictionary

  1. couple-three
  2. couple-y
  3. couplea
  4. coupleable
  5. coupled
  6. coupled up
  7. coupledom
  8. coupledoms
  9. couplehood
  10. coupleish
  11. couplement

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