HOOKED UP (WITH) Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

hooked up (with)

verb

past tense of hook up (with)

as in latched (on or onto)

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The play gave Western Michigan a field goal as time expired, and those 3 points loomed large as Western Michigan took a 9-7 lead in the fourth quarter.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In 2022, the pair took a big risk for their first date and went on a spontaneous trip to the World Cup in Qatar.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2026

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Having befriended Billy Ray Cyrus in the early ’90s, Parton was Cyrus’s honorary godmother and even lived up to that designation through guest spots on Hannah Montana.

— Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Cyrus’s father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus, befriended Parton in the 1990s and later asked her to be Miley’s godmother.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026

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