buddy up

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buddy up (third-person singular simple present buddies up, present participle buddying up, simple past and past participle buddied up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished.