hold together
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Verb
[edit]hold together (third-person singular simple present holds together, present participle holding together, simple past and past participle held together)
- (transitive) To cause to stay together.
- 1785, William Cowper, Task, ll. 687 f:
- ...the sacred band
That holds mankind together...
- (figuratively, idiomatic) Synonym of hold it together: to cope with adversity.
- (intransitive) To stay together.
- 1861, Temple Bar, number 3, page 509:
- There was hope that the ship would hold together.
- 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:
- The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “hold together”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “hold, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1899.