hold together

verb

held together; holding together; holds together

1

: to stay joined together or in one piece

The empire held together for many decades.

2

: to cause (something) to stay joined together or in one piece

The coach hopes to hold the team together for at least one more season.

The box was held together by a strong glue.

Examples of hold together in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Up close, the knitwear design featured a subtle zig-zag pattern along the waistband and cups, which were held together by a thin pink string. —Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 May 2026

John Badham remembers Saturday Night Fever as a production held together partly by instinct and partly by aluminum foil. —Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026

At the edge of Cape Town’s city lights, one of the ocean’s most intricate ecosystems is held together by creatures most people have never seen. —Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026

And, teams assuming low-code handles anything can end up with fragile systems held together by workarounds. —Nik Froehlich, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Rhymes for hold together

• altogether
• aether
• gether
• heather
• leather
• nether
• tether
• weather
• wether
• whether