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meet up with

Encounter, especially by accident, as in We hadn't gone far along the trail when we met up with another mule train. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

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detect, confront, experience, face, bear, meet, suffer, find, espy, sustain, descry, front, close, undergo, encounter, hit, light, luck, stumble, tumble

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meet, meet and greet, meet one's match, meet one's waterloo, meet the requirements, meet up with, meet with, meeting, meeting house, meeting of the minds, meeting post
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