match sth up
— phrasal verb with match /mætʃ/ verbDefinition
› If you match up a design or material, you look for something that would look good with it and be similar to it: I'm trying to match up this wallpaper with some suitable curtain material.Matching and co-ordinating
(Definition of match sth up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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