hang together
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Verb
[edit]hang together (third-person singular simple present hangs together, present participle hanging together, simple past and past participle hung together)
- (idiomatic) To be connected.
- (idiomatic) To correspond or fit well.
- (idiomatic, of two people) To be in a romantic relationship.
- (idiomatic, of people) To be united in defiance.
- To remain united; to stand by one another.
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 45:
- […] we are all of a piece; we hang together.
- (of a story, plan or scheme) To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible.
- The story does not hang together.
Synonyms
[edit]- (be in a romantic relationship): step out; see also Thesaurus:date