hang together

verb

hung together; hanging together; hangs together

intransitive verb

1
: to remain united : stand by one another
2
: to have unity : form a consistent or coherent whole

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No Breaks is where the mess, the laughter and the honesty all hang together live every afternoon. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025 Some symptoms would hang together; others were likely to be distractions. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 As the flurry of legal agreements in the past month has made clear, institutions of higher education are not going to hang together in a unified defense against the government’s demands. Andy Rose, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025 Given all these hazards, the broader market hung together OK. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hang together

Word History

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hang together was in 1551

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“Hang together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20together. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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