hang together

English

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Verb

hang together (third-person singular simple present hangs together, present participle hanging together, simple past and past participle hung together)

1. (idiomatic) To be connected.
2. (idiomatic) To correspond or fit well.
3. (idiomatic, of two people) To be in a romantic relationship.
4. (idiomatic, of people) To be united in defiance.
5. 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.

6. (of a story, plan or scheme) To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible.

   The story does not hang together.

Quotation: “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Attributed to Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. [1]

Synonyms

• (be in a romantic relationship): step out; see also Thesaurus:date