pair off

as in to couple

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Verb
  • Jess and Spencer coupled up with each other on Day 1, and though they were involved in a love triangle with Sam McKinney, who gave his date card to Jess after arriving on Day 2, Jess offered her rose to Spencer at the first Rose Ceremony.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 21 July 2025
  • Without losing his trademark dark humor, Leone couples the stylistic bravado of the film’s predecessors to a sense of tragic somberness, focusing on the sacrifices asked by the West and what gets lost as history moves on.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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  • Two flamingos born at the zoo in 2017 — a male that zoo staff named Blue Hawaiian and a female named Mai Tai — have since mated, Hirsch said.
    Ethan Wolin July 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2025
  • One of the adult males from Canada in February joined the pack and mated with the female wolf.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 8 July 2025
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“Pair off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pair%20off. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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