team-upn.
/ˈtiːmʌp/, U.S. /ˈtimˌəp/ colloquial.
The action or fact of teaming up (see team v. 4a); an instance of this. Also: an association of two or more people; a partnership (also in extended use).
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1934 G. F. Veenker in Athletic Jrnl. Jan. 23/3 Occasionally..there will be a team-up of blockers on the weak side.
1934 Bakersfield Californian 24 May 16/7 The most spectacular yet shortest lived success among theatrical team-ups continues to be Gallagher and Shean.
1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 21 Nov. 15 (advt.) Santa's a ‘good Joe’ in their language when he delivers these team-ups [sc. a dressing-gown, pyjamas, and slippers].
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 74/1 (heading) Poor show but the team-up of American and French manufacturers will be a ‘shot in the arm’.
1983 Billboard 26 Feb. 35/3 Richard Jon Smith's ‘Baby's Got Another’..is his first team-up with American producers Darryl Payne and Keith Diamond.
2014 Radio Times 20 Sept. (South/West ed.) 43/1 This was the first in a run of team-ups between the late director Tony Scott and star Denzel Washington.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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