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What does "hook up" mean?
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Assemble or wire a mechanism, as in Dick helped us hook up the stereo system. [1920s]
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Connect a mechanism with a main source, as in The computer had not yet been hooked up to the mainframe. [1920s]
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hook up with. Form a tie or association, as in She had hooked up with the wrong crowd. [Slang; mid-1900s]
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