hook up

v : as of telephone lines; also of people

hack up

To {hack}, but generally implies that the result is a quick

hack. Contrast this with {hack on}. To "hack up on" implies

a {quick-and-dirty} modification to an existing system.

Contrast {hacked up}; compare {kluge up}, {monkey up}, {cruft

together}.

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