match up

See also: matchup and match-up

English

Verb

match up (third-person singular simple present matches up, present participle matching up, simple past and past participle matched up)

1. (intransitive) To be similar or the same.

   Unfortunately, none of the numbers on my lottery ticket matched up with the ones drawn.

2. (transitive) To put together, or in a pair.

   After matching up all the socks in the draw, I threw away those without a pair.

3. (transitive) To matchmake; to set up a romantic meeting between two people.

   She thought James asked her on a date because he was interested in her, but it turned out he wanted to match her up with his brother.