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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Perry, an Atlantic contributing writer and a National Book Award–winning author, fills her latest work with accounts of ingenuity and Black resilience that are held together, loosely but intentionally, with threads of cerulean, sapphire, and azure.
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Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Small acts of kindness do more to hold together a society than passports and border checks.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The dress had a surprise open back, held together by singular button and a black bow.
—Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Certainly the outpost itself seems damned by the terrain and the weather, the buildings battered and barely holding together.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Small acts of kindness do more to hold together a society than passports and border checks.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The dress had a surprise open back, held together by singular button and a black bow.
—Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025
Certainly the outpost itself seems damned by the terrain and the weather, the buildings battered and barely holding together.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 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 25 Mar. 2025.
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