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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

meet up with

According to some English-Japanese dictionaries, the phrasal verb "meet up with" means "to meet someone by chance." Is it correct?

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We've had this debate on here before. No, most native speakers do not see it in that way. If I'm going to meet up with someone or a group of people, it is pre-arranged.

— Nona the brit

  • We've had this debate on here before.
  • No, most native speakers do not see it in that way.
  • If I'm going to meet up with someone or a group of people, it is pre-arranged.
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We've had this debate on here before. No, most native speakers do not see it in that way. If I'm going to meet up with someone or a group of people, it is pre-arranged.
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In various sources it's controversial in terms of "by chance," but as it generally has the meaning of "to encounter," one should IMO clearly include "by chance," if the encounter was accidental.

The poster may want to study the differences here:




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meet up with
Encounter, especially by accident, as in
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