- meet up with
- This is a wordy, nonstandard expression."I met up with some girls on the beach" is better expressed by "I met some girls on the beach" or "I encountered some...."
Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
meet up with
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meet up with — meet up (with (someone)) to see and talk to someone familiar or someone you do not know. Let s meet up for drinks after work. I met up with a couple of Australians on the train. Usage notes: refers to seeing someone either intentionally or… … New idioms dictionary
meet in with — ● meet … Useful english dictionary
meet up with — verb meet with by appointment (Freq. 2) She met up with her former lover • Hypernyms: ↑meet • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody * * * phrasal : to encounter by chance * * * meet up with [ … Useful english dictionary
meet up with — {v. phr.} To meet by accident; come upon without planning or expecting to. * /When he ran around the tree, Bob suddenly meet up with a large bear./ * /The family would have arrived on time, but they met up with a flat tire./ … Dictionary of American idioms
meet up with — {v. phr.} To meet by accident; come upon without planning or expecting to. * /When he ran around the tree, Bob suddenly meet up with a large bear./ * /The family would have arrived on time, but they met up with a flat tire./ … Dictionary of American idioms
meet\ up\ with — v. phr. To meet by accident; come upon without planning or expecting to. When he ran around the tree, Bob suddenly meet up with a large bear. The family would have arrived on time, but they met up with a flat tire … Словарь американских идиом
meet up with someone — meet up (with (someone)) to see and talk to someone familiar or someone you do not know. Let s meet up for drinks after work. I met up with a couple of Australians on the train. Usage notes: refers to seeing someone either intentionally or… … New idioms dictionary
meet up (with somebody) — ˌmeet ˈup (with sb) derived (rather informal) to meet sb, especially by arrangement • They met up again later for a drink. Main entry: ↑meetderived … Useful english dictionary
meet something with something — ˈmeet sth with sth derived to react to sth in a particular way Syn: ↑receive • His suggestion was met with howls of protest. Main entry: ↑meetderived … Useful english dictionary
meet up with — meet, encounter In Montreal, he met up with a young singer named Celine … English idioms
meet up with — meet by accident, come upon without planning or expecting to He met up with a nice group of people in Australia when he was travelling there … Idioms and examples
