hang together

verb

1. to be cohesive or united

2. to be consistent

   your statements don't quite hang together

Idioms and Phrases

Stand united, stick together, as in We must all hang together and tell the same story . [c. 1400]

Cohere, constitute a consistent whole. For example, The plot lines in that movie don't hang together . [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

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

Republicans need to realize, not to return to the commie talk, that this is a "hang together or hang separately" moment.

From Salon

Moreover, in air, the strands of the fan hang together like the bristles in a paintbrush.

From Science Magazine

Ferries and Ferguson's are two words that nowadays seem to hang together naturally but the many successful builds before Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa are rarely mentioned.

From BBC

Related Words

• band together www.thesaurus.com
• coalesce 
• consolidate 
• cooperate 
• join 
• link 
• meet 
• merge 
• strengthen 
• unify