hold together
phrasal 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.
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It was held together with duct tape.
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Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
This roster is held together like wet cardboard fastened by cellophane tape.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
How could such a new, big country hold together, and be managed effectively?
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
The amount of inner tension that is required to hold together what is the most seemingly normal, regular middle-class existence with a working husband and two jobs and kids and a house and a crazy brother and your elderly mom, and, obviously, the skeleton in the proverbial closet.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
This roster is held together like wet cardboard fastened by cellophane tape.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
How could such a new, big country hold together, and be managed effectively?
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
The amount of inner tension that is required to hold together what is the most seemingly normal, regular middle-class existence with a working husband and two jobs and kids and a house and a crazy brother and your elderly mom, and, obviously, the skeleton in the proverbial closet.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hold together
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“Hold together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20together. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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