hold together

verb

1. to cohere or remain or cause to cohere or remain in one piece

   your old coat holds together very well

2. to stay or cause to stay united

   the children held the family together

Example Sentences

“But it only had a pin in it. Maybe this once was used to hold together some important papers that have not survived. We will never know.”

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Like a pressure cooker, it is designed to hold together even as extreme amounts of steam build up inside it.

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He hopes Syria's mosaic of religions and sects can hold together.

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Douglass now recognized Lincoln’s early caution as wise statecraft, a way to hold together a North where many opposed slavery but balked at equality.

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Takaichi’s brand of conservatism is unpopular with some opposition parties, and analysts say she might struggle to hold together a governing coalition.

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Related Words

• fasten 
• wrap