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1. Assemble or wire a mechanism, as in Dick helped us hook up the stereo system. [1920s]
2. Connect a mechanism with a main source, as in The computer had not yet been hooked up to the mainframe. [1920s]
3. hook up with. Form a tie or association, as in She had hooked up with the wrong crowd. [Slang; mid-1900s]

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To get in touch with.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbindelse, sammenkobling, tilslutning

Français (French)
n. - (Radio, TV) relais, (US) borne de raccordement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zusammenschluß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σύνδεση
v. - αγκιστρώνω/-ομαι, συνδέω

Italiano (Italian)
relais (collegamento), alleanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ligação (f), cadeia (f) de estações de rádio
v. - ligar

Русский (Russian)
сцепление, контакт, монтажная схема

Español (Spanish)
n. - conectar, acoplar, abrochar, enganchar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - radionät, TV-nät, samsändning, allians
v. - sammansluta, samsända

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
以钩钩住

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 以鉤鉤住

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 접속, 중계, 동맹

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フックアップ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התחברות (באמצעות לוויין וכד')‬

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read