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Meaning of couple up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.
    transitive
  2. To get into pairs; to become a group of two.
    intransitive

Examples

“It is utterly impossible for any factory in the United States to couple up 8,000 feet of hose within ten hours unless they had thirty or forty men on and have the couplings made, […]”
“For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone.”
“By contrast, lesbians are sexually sedate. They don’t cruise sex clubs. They couple up and stay coupled, and they like cuddling and hugging more than they do serious, genitally-based sex.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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