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meet up with

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  1. 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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“You get a reason to meet up with a specific person, take some of that pressure off.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

I would get their phone numbers and meet up with them, and my parents would be like, “Noah, this is not normal. You need to create boundaries with them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

"I really want to meet up with Lana. I talked to my mother about it. Maybe our parents can arrange something."

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

Williams' brother Ashley said: "I never met her until we were adults and it was wonderful to meet up with her," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

Every time I made a plan to meet up with Chelsea, Nadine, and Isaac, an emergency would happen with Dad or Mom would need me to watch Jason.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

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