link up

To connect two or more things or people.

• Link up the two computers.
• They linked the village up to the water supply.
• Can you link these devices up?

How to use it: link something up to something (We linked the camera up to a computer.); link something up with something (The cable links this machine up with the main system.)

Similar words: connect, join

Opposites: disconnect

Common phrases: link up computers, link something up, link up systems

To become connected or joined together.

• The two paths link up here.
• Our network linked up with theirs last year.
• These tunnels will link up beneath the station.

How to use it: link up with something (This path links up with the main trail.)

Similar words: connect, join

Opposites: separate

Common phrases: link up together, link up with something

To meet another person, often after arranging a time and place.

• Let us link up later.
• We linked up with friends after lunch.
• Where are you linking up with the rest of the team?

How to use it: link up with someone (I linked up with an old friend in town.)

Similar words: meet, meet up

Common phrases: link up with someone, link up later