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coupling up

coupling up is the present participle and gerund 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 coupling up

What is coupling up the present participle and gerund of?
Coupling up is the present participle and gerund of couple up.

Words near coupling up in the dictionary

  1. coupling pins
  2. coupling pole
  3. coupling poles
  4. coupling rod
  5. coupling rods
  6. coupling up
  7. coupling-box
  8. coupling-boxes
  9. couplings
  10. couplish
  11. couply

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