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Mabdel
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Dear colleagues!!
I heard this from some natives : " hook up us to " what does it mean:
" go with us there" or " show us there" I looked for in in the dictionay but in vain.
thanks a lot in advance |
4 Nov 2010
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huongloan89
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"Hook up" means making out usually ,can sometimes mean sex not usually ,like meet unless its from an older person.
I �m not sure about " hook up us to" like positive meaning. T_T I hope that my inf. will be a little bit helpful for you. |
4 Nov 2010
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magneto
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Hi there!
Here are the different uses of "hook up" I �ve found:
Phrasal
verbs
hook up (to something)/
hook somebody/something ↔ up (to something):
to
connect somebody/something to a piece of electronic equipment, to a power
supply or to the Internet
She was
then hooked up to an IV drip.
Check that the computer is hooked up to the
printer.
A large proportion of the nation �s households
are hooked up to the Internet.
hook up with somebody:
(informal) 1 to meet somebody and
spend time with them
In India I hooked
up with a couple of students for a few weeks.
2 to start working with
somebody
They formed the band in
2008, hooking up with bass player Rod Byrne.
hook somebody up with somebody/something
(informal) to put somebody in
contact with somebody who can help them; to get something for somebody that
they want
Can you hook me up with
someone with a car?
I hope she can hook me
up with some free tickets. (Source: Oxford Advanced Learner �s Dictionary Online)
And here �s one more meaning:
(informal) if two people hook up, they
start a relationship together, or they start doing something together
(Source: Macmillan Dictionary Online)Hope I �ve helped!
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4 Nov 2010
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Mabdel
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Thanks a lot huongloan89 , Linda and Elpida for your great help. I do really appreciate it. I got the meaning now. |
4 Nov 2010
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ueslteacher
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Oh my! Mabdel, you look so much younger now I barely recognised you. Tell us your secretBTW Oxford Advanced Learner �s Dictionary is my favourite!!! Cheers, Sophia |
4 Nov 2010
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Mabdel
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Dear sophia send you a Pm.
Bye for now. Going to the gym. |
4 Nov 2010
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libertybelle
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Remember - it is hook us up and not hook up us!
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4 Nov 2010
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magneto
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@ Sophia: Macmillan is also great - you can also type whole idioms in the search box. Oxford and Macmillan are my favourites.
@Libertybelle: Good point!
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