hook up with sth

hook up with sth
Ⅰ.
UK US hook up (with sb/sth)
Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T]
INFORMAL
to meet or begin to work with another person or organization: »

a conference where startup companies can hook up with investors

Ⅱ.
UK US hook (sth) up
Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T]
IT, INTERNET to connect a machine to a power supply, or to another machine: »

The machine has plenty of ports to hook up devices such as digital cameras, camcorders, printers, and MP3 players.

hook sth up to sth »

Teleworkers can hook up computers in the home to the office.

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They are proposing to hook all primary school classrooms up to the Internet.

See also HOOKUP(Cf. ↑hookup)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • hook up with sb/sth — Ⅰ. UK US hook up (with sb/sth) Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T] INFORMAL ► to meet or begin to work with another person or organization: »a conference where startup companies can hook up with investors Ⅱ. UK US hook (sth) up …   Financial and business terms

  • hook up with sb — Ⅰ. UK US hook up (with sb/sth) Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T] INFORMAL ► to meet or begin to work with another person or organization: »a conference where startup companies can hook up with investors Ⅱ. UK US hook (sth) up …   Financial and business terms

  • hook sb up with sth — UK US hook sb up (with sb/sth) Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T] INFORMAL ► to arrange for someone to meet or work with another person or organization: »We videotape applicants in practice interviews and hook them up with employers …   Financial and business terms

  • hook — hook1 S3 [huk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hanging things)¦ 2¦(catching fish)¦ 3 let/get somebody off the hook 4 leave/take the phone off the hook 5 be ringing off the hook 6¦(interest)¦ 7 by hook or by crook 8¦(hitting somebody)¦ 9 h …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hook — ▪ I. hook hook 1 [hʊk] verb [transitive] 1. informal to succeed in attracting someone: • These tactics have helped hook such big clients as Coca Cola. 2. to connect one piece of electronic equipment to another piece of equipment or to an… …   Financial and business terms

  • hook — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR HANGING THINGS ON a curved piece of metal or plastic that you use for hanging things on: Put your coat on the hook. 2 FOR CATCHING FISH a curved piece of thin metal with a sharp point for catching fish: a fish hook 3 by hook or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • hook up — Ⅰ. UK US hook up (with sb/sth) Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T] INFORMAL ► to meet or begin to work with another person or organization: »a conference where startup companies can hook up with investors Ⅱ. UK US hook (sth) up …   Financial and business terms

  • hook somebody up with somebody — ˌhook sb ˈup with sb/sth derived (informal) to put sb in contact with sb who can help them; to get sth for sb that they want • Can you hook me up with someone with a car? • I hope she can hook me up with some free tickets. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • hook somebody up with something — ˌhook sb ˈup with sb/sth derived (informal) to put sb in contact with sb who can help them; to get sth for sb that they want • Can you hook me up with someone with a car? • I hope she can hook me up with some free tickets. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • hook sth into sth — UK US hook (sth) into sth Phrasal Verb with hook({{}}/hʊk/ verb [T] ► [I or T] IT, INTERNET, COMMUNICATIONS to become connected or to connect something to a computer or telephone system: »After the takeover, one of the company s first acts was to …   Financial and business terms

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