hang together
Britishverb
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to be cohesive or united
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to be consistent
your statements don't quite hang together
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Stand united, stick together, as in We must all hang together and tell the same story . [c. 1400]
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Cohere, constitute a consistent whole. For example, The plot lines in that movie don't hang together . [Mid-1500s]
Example Sentences
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Mr. Jackson’s most remarkable achievement is how well the opera hangs together, even though none of the composers saw one another’s work during the writing process.
In spite of its disparate sources, with some numbers written more than a decade apart, it hangs together well as a listening experience, and serves as a perfect introduction to this songwriter’s distinctive voice.
"It all comes together and hangs together as a whole."
From BBC
After I made it to the end of the story and ran it back, little of the plot hung together.
From Los Angeles Times
If it doesn’t hang together like a traditional novel, that may be part of the point.
From Los Angeles Times
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