pair up

[pair up] {v.}

1. To make a pair of; match.

* /When she finished the mending, she paired up the socks./

2. To form a pair; to be or become one of a pair.

* /Not all the socks would pair up./

* /Joe paired up with Charlie to work on the lesson./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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