Meet up means to get together with someone by arrangement, usually friends or acquaintances. The meeting is informal: having coffee, going out for dinner, studying together. The noun “meet-up” means such a meeting, including a gathering of people who share an interest.
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meet up (with + person); meet up for + coffee / lunch; a meet-up
- A few of us from the course meet up once a month to practise speaking.
- When I'm in Berlin next week, I'd love to meet up with you for dinner.
- Let's meet up outside the cinema at seven and grab something to eat first.
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First versionOn Saturday I'm meeting up my old school friends in the city centre.
RevisionOn Saturday I'm meeting up with my old school friends in the city centre.
With “meet”, the person comes straight after the verb: meet my friends. Once you add “up”, you need “with” before the person: meet up with my friends. The mistake mixes the two patterns, so “with” was added in the corrected sentence.
“Meet up” is a meeting arranged in advance. A chance meeting is “run into” or “bump into”: I ran into my old teacher at the airport. “Meet with” is more often used for a business meeting: The director met with the investors on Monday.
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We haven't seen each other since the summer, so let's ___ for coffee next week.
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meet up — The meeting is being set for next week, so it is arranged in advance: “meet up”. “Run into each other” means to meet by chance, and you cannot plan a chance meeting.
Write about arranging to meet a friend or colleague. Say where and when you are meeting and why.
I'm meeting up with my former colleague at a café near the station on Friday to talk about a job at her company.
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