buddy up (English, verb)
expansion: buddy up (third-person singular simple present buddies up, present participle buddying up, simple past and past participle buddied up)
Senses:
glosses: To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of any one person suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished.
tags: informal
intransitive
Forms:
form: buddies up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buddying up
tags: participle
present
form: buddied up
tags: participle
past
form: buddied up
tags: past