Hook up: (2)

Grammar Tense Structure:

• Present Tense: hook / hooks up
• Past Tense: hooked up
• Past Participle: hooked up
• Present Participle: hooking up

1: When you connect one electronic device to another, you hook it up or hook it up to something.

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

• I bought a brand new 50 inch SMART TV but I’ve not hooked it up to the internet yet.
• I’m also going to hook up my TV to my surround sound so that movies are going to be amazing to watch and listen.
• I’ll hook my TV up to the Wi-Fi and we can watch NETFLIX.

2: When you meet people somewhere, usually after you have done some things separately, you hook up or hook up with them.

non-separable phrasal verb – Informal

• My friend I have arranged to hook up the week after next, we haven’t seen each other for ages!
• We can hook up after work, I get away at 6pm