couple up
verb1
To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.
- It is utterly impossible for any factory in the United States to couple up 8,000 feet of hose within ten hours unless they had thirty or forty men on and have the couplings made, […]1892, Congressional Serial Set, page 492:
2
To get into pairs; to become a group of two.
- For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone.
- By contrast, lesbians are sexually sedate. They dont cruise sex clubs. They couple up and stay coupled, and they like cuddling and hugging more than they do serious, genitally-based sex.1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian: