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match up

match up verb: to be similar or the same.

Verb

match up (third-person singular simple present matches up, present participle matching up, simple past and past participle matched up)

  1. (intransitive) To be similar or the same.
    • Unfortunately, none of the numbers on my lottery ticket matched up with the ones drawn.
  2. (transitive) To put together, or in a pair.
    • After matching up all the socks in the draw, I threw away those without a pair.
  3. (transitive) To matchmake; to set up a romantic meeting between two people.
    • She thought James asked her on a date because he was interested in her, but it turned out he wanted to match her up with his brother.

Forms of match up

third-person singular presentmatches up
present participlematching up
past participlematched up
pastmatched up

Questions about match up

What does match up mean?
Match up means to be similar or the same.
What part of speech is match up?
Match up is a verb.
What is the past tense of match up?
The past tense of match up is matched up.

Words near match up in the dictionary

  1. match referees
  2. match safe
  3. match safes
  4. match stick
  5. match sticks
  6. match up
  7. match wagon
  8. match wagons
  9. match'd
  10. match-cloth
  11. match-four game

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