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Antonyms for join up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : join |
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔɪn |
- abstain
- avoid
- cancel
- complete
- conclude
- decline
- delete
- deny
- depart
- destroy
- die
- discharge
- disconnect
- disjoin
- dismiss
- disorganize
- disperse
- dispute
- distribute
- divide
- dodge
- eject
- end
- erase
- exclude
- exit
- expel
- finish
- fire
- forfeit
- forget
- go
- ignore
- lay off
- leave
- let go
- lose
- neglect
- oust
- part
- pass
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- remove
- repel
- scatter
- separate
- shun
- spread
- stop
- throw away
- unfasten
- unmix
- withdraw
Definition of join up
Origin :- c.1300, from stem of Old French joindre "join, connect, unite; have sexual intercourse with" (12c.), from Latin iungere "to join together, unite, yoke," from PIE *yeug- "to join, unite" (see jugular). Related: Joined; joining. In Middle English, join sometimes is short for enjoin. Join up "enlist in the army" is from 1916. Phrase if you can't beat them, join them is from 1953.
- As in merge : verb bring or come together
- As in muster : verb gather, come together
- As in rendezvous : verb meet, often secretly
- As in answer the call : verb join an organization
- As in enlist : verb sign up for responsibility
- As in enroll : verb sign up for membership
- As in enter : verb embark on; take part in
- He was off to Scotland the next morning, where he intended to “join up.”
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- So it was arranged that I should join up on the seventh of the month.
- Extract from : « The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon » by Jos Maria Gordon
- Our reserve units were able to join up, and the fight was at an end.
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
- I believe you'll have to join up, David, before we get there.
- Extract from : « Dodo Wonders » by E. F. Benson
- You cut it up into bits beforehand, and then join up the pieces as you lay.
- Extract from : « The Story of The Atlantic Cable » by Charles Bright
- I am to join up with the 7th Company as the regiment passes.
- Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
- Join up with the old order like that mill-wheel of Kipling's.
- Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
- Some woman came and told him he'd got to join up, and took him over to the girl.
- Extract from : « H.M.S. ---- » by Klaxon
- Im going to join up with the Mounted, too, when we git back.
- Extract from : « The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition » by Gerald Breckenridge
- I get you all broke in and you race off and join up with the Indians.
- Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge » by Lilian Garis
Synonyms for join up
- absorb
- accept
- admit
- amalgamate
- appoint
- assemble
- assign
- assimilate
- attract
- be closeted
- be reunited
- be swallowed up
- become lost in
- become member
- become partners
- become student
- begin
- blend
- call to arms
- call together
- call up
- cement
- centralize
- coalesce
- collect
- combine
- come aboard
- come together
- commence
- commit oneself
- compound
- conglomerate
- congregate
- congress
- conscribe
- conscript
- consolidate
- convene
- converge
- convoke
- deal one in
- draft
- embody
- employ
- engage
- enlist
- enroll
- enter
- enter into
- forgather
- fuse
- gather
- get
- get oneself into
- get together
- group
- hire
- hitch
- hitch on
- hook up
- immerge
- inaugurate
- incorporate
- induct
- initiate
- inscribe
- interest
- interface
- intermingle
- intermix
- join
- join up
- lead off
- levy
- line up
- list
- marry
- marshal
- matriculate
- meet
- meet behind closed doors
- meet privately
- meld
- melt into
- mingle
- mix
- mobilize
- muster
- network
- oblige
- obtain
- open
- organize
- participate in
- place
- plug into
- pool
- press into service
- procure
- raise
- rally
- record
- recruit
- register
- rendezvous
- reserve
- round up
- secure
- serve
- set about
- set out on
- set to
- sign on
- sign up
- slap on
- start
- submerge
- subscribe
- summon
- synthesize
- tack on
- tag
- take course
- take on
- take up
- team up
- tee off
- throw in together
- tie in
- unite
- volunteer
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