get-together

[ get-tuh-geth-er ]
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noun
  1. an informal and usually small social gathering.

  2. a meeting or conference.

Origin of get-together

1
First recorded in 1910–15; noun use of verb phrase get together

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British Dictionary definitions for get-together

get-together

noun
  1. informal a small informal meeting or social gathering

verbget together (adverb)
  1. (tr) to gather or collect

  2. (intr) (of people) to meet socially

  1. (intr) to discuss, esp in order to reach an agreement

  2. get it together informal

    • to achieve one's full potential, either generally as a person or in a particular field of activity

    • to achieve a harmonious frame of mind

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Other Idioms and Phrases with get-together

get-together

Accumulate, gather, as in Go get all the firewood together: [c. 1400]

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