connect with

connect (up) with (someone or something)

1. To have a positive or meaningful connection with someone, often quickly. I just don't connect with those people—I doubt we have anything in common. I connected with Ashley immediately, and we've been best friends ever since.
2. To communicate with someone. I've been having a hard time connecting with Stephanie, since she's been out of the office every time I've tried to call her.
3. To form a relationship or a group. I'm sure you'll be able to connect with other photography enthusiasts in your new town.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

connect (up) with someone or something

 
1. to form an association with someone or a group. (The up is informal.) Let's connect up with some other people and form an organization through which we can express our views. We need to connect with like-minded people that can help us with our problems.
2. to meet with someone or a group; to communicate with someone or a group, especially over the telephone. I tried to connect up with Bob over the phone, but I could never reach him. We could not connect with the council to discuss these matters.
See also: connect
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • connect (up) with (someone or something)
  • connect with someone
  • connect with something
  • commune
  • commune with
  • commune with (something)
  • fasten
  • connect up
  • dial into
  • a talking shop
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Chung said the launch of Asi@Connect in Pakistan will help Pakistan's education community and researchers find new avenues and means to connect with researchers from across Asia and Europe.
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The Minneapolis deployment of AWS Direct Connect with Cologix, provides customers high-speed, private access to the AWS US East (Ohio) Region.
AWS Direct Connect comes to Minneapolis with Cologix
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Cologix provides AWS Direct Connect in Vancouver
According to the company, with the Logitech ConferenceCam Connect solution, businesses of all sizes can now afford to quickly connect with customers, vendors and remote employees anytime and anywhere.
Logitech launches new Logitech ConferenceCam Connect solution
The users can upload pictures, videos or any other contents within few seconds in addition of offering a facility to at least five users to connect with it simultaneously.
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Using Skype Connect, Brekeke PBX users can connect with Skype's 520 million registered users without adding any other devices to their existing telephone systems.
Brekeke PBX Now Connecting with 520 Million Skype Users
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I tested Direct Connect with several Nextel phone users, some of whom weren't even aware their phone had the feature available.
Nextel direct connect: Nextel makes doing business as easy as a click of a button
Two universities together with Ericsson have implemented a system where emergency teams can connect with experts back at the hospital if they are in need of help for a patient in critical status.
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EAI allows diverse systems to connect with one another quickly to share data, communications, and processes, alleviating the information silos that plague many businesses.
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