单词 | to meet up with |
释义 | > as lemmasto meet up with to meet up with 1. intransitive. To overtake. Now rare (regional). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 1837 A. Sherwood Gazetteer Georgia (ed. 3) (Provincialisms) Met up with, for overtook. 1905 Dial. Notes 3 87 He started before I did, but I met up with him before we got to town. 2. intransitive. Originally U.S. To encounter; to become acquainted with; to come together with (a person) by arrangement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > specific object person(s) meeta1325 occur1531 cope1594 to meet in with1821 to meet up with1870 1870 J. C. Duval Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace vii. 31 Here, most unexpectedly, I met up with a companion that was never separated from me afterward. 1889 K. Munroe Golden Days of ’49 ix. 96 They'd meet up with you somewheres along Coloma way. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 297 Tell him his little Sid is here with thirty minutes before she meets up with the show on the ten-forty. 1949 G. Davenport Family Fortunes i. i. 10 It was better than staying at home and they would probably meet up with friends. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon v. 92 I met up with Mick Burke in the camp site. 1998 R. Ray Certain Age 100 I didn't say much. I was meeting up with him again, though..so I guess I didn't really need to. 3. intransitive. To satisfy (one's requirements). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > suit a person to sit loose1591 to be up (down, in) one's street1903 to be (right) up (also down) one's alley1922 to meet up with1972 1972 Daily Tel. 13 May 20/8 The Sun Life is a very competitive office and would seem to meet up with your requirements. < as lemmas |
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