hook up
phrasal verbhook up (to something) | hook somebody/something up (to something)
- to connect somebody/something to a piece of electronic equipment, to a power supply or to the internet
- She was then hooked up to an IV drip.
- Check that the computer is hooked up to the printer.
- A large proportion of the nation's households are hooked up to the internet.
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