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

But no other Republican has made any serious move toward the job, or toward building the kind of partisan coalition Vance holds together. —Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Graveyard workers declined to say how long ago the burials took place, or whether rituals were separate for each victim or held together for the group. —ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026

The nutritional nest egg is held together with a sprinkle of good fats and calcium-rich foods. —Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026

Last year’s robots were slower, and many broke; this year’s machines were fast and held together. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for hold together

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