crew up

crew up

1. To join other people as the crew of a ship or plane. Having no other real job opportunities, I decided to crew up on a cargo ship hauling goods to and from Southeast Asia. She's crewing up with some of the most experienced astronauts in the world for their next space expedition.
2. To gather together as a group in order to accomplish some specific task, especially to commit a crime. We're crewing up for a bank heist soon. You in?
See also: crew, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • broad in the beam
  • break ship
  • be broad in the beam
  • when (one's) ship comes in
  • when my ship comes in
  • when one's ship comes in
  • moor up
  • sinking ship
  • a sinking ship
  • go down with the ship