Antonyms for join up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : join

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔɪn

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

Example sentences :

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

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