link (someone or something) up to (someone or something)

link (someone or something) up to (someone or something)

To create or establish a connection between one person or thing and someone or something else. In this usage, the first noun or pronoun can also come after "up." I can link up our computer to the company database over the internet. They linked me up to a machine that monitored my brain activity.
See also: link, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

link up to someone or something

 and link (up) with someone or something
to join up with someone or something. I have his new e-mail address so I can link up to Bruce. Now my computer can link up with a computer bulletin board.
See also: link, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • spiff up
  • spiffed up
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)