- meet up with someone or something
- meet up with someone or somethingto meet someone or something, usually by accident. •
I met up with Don on the street yesterday.
•James met up with a strange accident.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
meet up with someone or something
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shake hands (with someone) — shake someone’s hand phrase to hold someone’s hand and move it up and down several times as a way of greeting them or of showing that you agree to something ‘Nice to meet you,’ Larry said, shaking my hand. Thesaurus: gestures used to say hello or … Useful english dictionary
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meet — [[t]mi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ meets, meeting, met 1) V RECIP If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all. [V n] I have… … English dictionary
meet — I UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] verb Word forms meet : present tense I/you/we/they meet he/she/it meets present participle meeting past tense met UK [met] / US past participle met *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to come together in order to talk to… … English dictionary
meet — 1 /mi:t/ verb past tense and past participle met /met/ 1 BE IN THE SAME PLACE (intransitive, transitive not in passive) a) to be in the same place as someone else because you have arranged to do this: Meet me at 8.00. | We agreed to meet in front … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
meet someone halfway — COMPROMISE, come to terms, reach an agreement, make a deal, make concessions, find the middle ground, strike a balance; give and take. → halfway * * * meet someone halfway phrase to agree to do something that someone wants, if they do something… … Useful english dictionary
