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He has hooked up with Mary.

Is it also correct to say 'he is hooked up with Mary'?

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No. One describes a past event. The other describes a continuing situation.
 
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In the second sentence I am trying to say that he is already in 'hooked up' state with Mary. Then can't we write like this or else how should we write it?
 
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People here (young ones, anyway) use "hook up" to refer to a casual sexual encounter. Not a state of being in a relationship.
 
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Then what do we say for that to be the case?
 
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He's going out with Mary.
 
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