joining up
Becoming a member
Joining up means enlisting in the military: He joined up right after high school.
The phrase can also describe connecting or coming together with others: Several smaller groups are joining up for the protest.
In British English, joined-up describes something coordinated or integrated: joined-up thinking, joined-up government.
- enrollingFormally joining an organization
- signing onFormally agreeing to join
- teamingJoining with others
- teaming upForming a cooperative unit
- linkingForming a connection
linking arms · signing up · contributing · combining · merging · banding together · committing · throwing in · volunteering · recruiting · falling in · affiliating · connector · cooperating · interlocking · partnering · subscribing · bridging
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
joining upquitting
Ceasing an activity
leaving · resigning · dropping out · deserting · mustering out
joining upseparating
Dividing into parts
splitting up · disconnecting · detaching · dividing · severing
joining upsplitting up
Dividing into parts
parting ways · breaking up · disbanding · scattering · dispersing
join, joining, joined, joins, joiner, joiners, joinery, joint, joints