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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Classified as an open star cluster, NGC 460 is a loosely bound group of stars, held together by gravity.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Hitchcock recalls launching Pointer drones, which were literally held together with giant rubber bands, off the back of a moving truck in the early 2000s.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
However, many asteroids are known to be rubble piles, essentially collections of rocks held together loosely by gravity, such as the asteroid Bennu that was visited by NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The memories made are almost as thrilling as what their futures hold together.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Hitchcock recalls launching Pointer drones, which were literally held together with giant rubber bands, off the back of a moving truck in the early 2000s.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
However, many asteroids are known to be rubble piles, essentially collections of rocks held together loosely by gravity, such as the asteroid Bennu that was visited by NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The memories made are almost as thrilling as what their futures hold together.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 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 8 Apr. 2025.
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