meet up

verb

To come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location.

“The next time you come to my town, we should meet up somewhere.”

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Meanings

verbmeet up (third-person singular simple present meets up, present participle meeting up, simple past and past participle met up)

present singular third person meets up · participle present meeting up · participle past met up · past met up

  1. intransitiveTo come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location.

    The next time you come to my town, we should meet up somewhere.

  2. colloquialtransitiveTo meet (a person) by arrangement.

    Amy told me that she's gonna meet me up

    2008, Britney Spears, “If U Seek Amy”
    1 more example

    They’re gonna be gone all day and we’re gonna meet them up for dinner at Roussos tonight.

    2016, TJ Beitelman, “Ruin”, in Communion: Stories, [New York, N.Y.?]: Black Lawrence Press, →ISBN, page 103

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
assemblecongregatepresspull upthrutch

Translations

Catalan quedar
  • quedarintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Finnish tavata
  • tavataintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
French rencontrer
  • rencontrerintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
German sich treffen
  • sich treffenintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Māori huirua
  • huiruaintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Norwegian Bokmål treffes, møtes
  • treffesintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
  • møtesintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Polish spotkać się
  • spotkać sięintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Portuguese encontrar-se
  • encontrar-seintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Russian встречаться
  • встречаться (vstrečatʹsja)intransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Spanish quedar, encontrarse
  • quedarintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
  • encontrarseintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
  • verseintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
  • juntarseintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
  • verse contransitive: to meet (a person) by arrangement
  • salirle al encuentrotransitive: to meet (a person) by arrangement
Swedish träffas
  • träffasintransitive: to come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location
Cite this entry
APA

meet up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meet%20up

MLA

“meet up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meet%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meet up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meet%20up.

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