Meanings
verblink up (third-person singular simple present links up, present participle linking up, simple past and past participle linked up)
present singular third person links up · participle present linking up · participle past linked up · past linked up
- transitiveTo link or join together.
- intransitiveTo become linked or joined together.
The intention was for three Han armies – under Liu Pang, Han Hsin and P’eng Yueh – to link up at Ku-ling on the border with Ch’u.
1998, Chris Peers, Warlords of China: 700BC to AD1662, Arms and Armour Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85, column 1 - informalTo meet with someone.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake a logical or causal connection
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto kunligi
- kunligito connect
German verknüpfen, verlinken
- verknüpfento connect
- verlinkento connect
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APA
link up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/link%20up
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“link up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/link%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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