Hook up
Hook up verb - To come or be together as friends.
Torpedo
Torpedo verb - Attack or hit with torpedoes.
Hook up and torpedo are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hook up" instead a verb "Torpedo".
Nearby Words: torpedoed, torpedoing
Both terms in one sentence
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Also contrasts with Shipping Torpedo, in which a character is against a pairing but may or may not go so far as to act on it, or Matchmaker Crush, when a character starts out trying to help one character hook up with another, but ends up falling in love with the person they were helping.
Source: Shipper on Deck
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