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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 178. The verb phrase today is
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hook up. Okay. We actually got seven uses and meanings
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of " hook up " and we will definitely give at least one example for each one that
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we have today. All right. So let's look at the first one. If we say to hook up, it could mean
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this.It could mean to set up an electronic device or system. All right. So this first
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one we actually have two examples. I got my cable hooked up yesterday. So that is more like a
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system. You know, I think the guy came in and hooked up your cable TV and now I
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got cable TV regularly. Or number two here. I bought a new washing machine and
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I need someone to hook it up for me. So it's like hook it to a wall. Hook it to
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the pipes. You know, for water. So basically you need somebody to hook it
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up for you. Okay. Good. Let's look at the second one here. To set up a date for
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someone. So you could try to hook two people up. She has been trying to hook up
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a nice guy at work with her sister, Maybe she , maybe your sister you know, maybe she
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had a date for a while or you know, maybe she just thinks this is a nice guy, he
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would be you know, very suitable for the sister. So trying to get them two
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together. So she's trying to hook up some guy at work with her sister. Okay. It
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could be. All right. Number three here. To become romantically involved. Meaning
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actually get into a regular relationship. After several seasons of "Friends. "
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Remember the old TV show, It's been stopped for a while now. But there was
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the characters Monica and Chandler eventually hooked up. So I don't know
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maybe the first five or six years of the show they were not boyfriend/girlfriend
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they dated other people. But then eventually they hooked up with each
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other. They became boyfriend/girlfriend on the show. So they hooked up. They
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became a regular couple. Okay. Number four here. To have a casual sexual encounter.
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Okay. So let's look at this one. She hooked up with a guy
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at some nightclub. You know, or at a disco or something like that. And had a
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one-night stand. So that would be you could say somebody could hook up that
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way. All right. Number five here. To connect two or more things. Just things in
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general. I need to hook up these Christmas tree lights to an extension
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cord. So whatever it is that you hook up, you hook two things, tie them together
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connect them together. You hook them up. Okay. Number six here. To meet with
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someone in order to spend time together especially for recreation, you know, for fun. I'm
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going to hook up with some friends. Some of my friends at the base of the
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mountain and we will go on a hike. So you just got to hook up with them means you're
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just going to meet them somewhere. . And you get together with them somewhere.. You're
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going to hook up with them. Okay. And the last one here basically , it means to get
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married. Sometimes you could also use hook up meaning to finally get married.
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So they finally decided to hook up after dating for seven years. Okay. Anyway, I
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hope you got it. I hope it is clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-
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bye.