Be in and Hook up

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Hook up and be in are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hook up" instead a verb phrase "Be in".

Hook up verb - To come or be together as friends.

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Be in and hook up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be in" instead a verb "Hook up".

It's even more ironic (and plays the trope straight) considering John and Claire didn't hook up until they were forced to be in the same room with each other during Jerry and Gloria's wedding as the best man and maid of honor.

Source: Beta Couple
Parodied in a Saturday Night Live sketch, where a couple tries to hook up their wheelchair-bound friend with a woman they think will be perfect for him, who just so happens to also be in a wheelchair.

Source: Token Minority Couple

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