hook (sb/sth) up (to sth)
— phrasal verb with hook uk/hʊk/us/hʊk/verb
to connect a machine to a power supply or to another machine, or to connect a person to a piece of medical equipment:
Can we hook up to the electricity supply at the campsite?
Helen was unconscious and hooked up to a life support machine.
We just moved and I haven't hooked up my television yet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- conjunction
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
- mesh
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