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

She believes that while people are happy to cast a protest vote, they currently question whether Reform are really a government in waiting - so challenging them on whether their policies hold together, or whether their numbers add up, is a way of undermining their support.

From BBC

The chief justice clearly had to hold together a six-justice majority that did not fully agree on its rationale for upholding Tennessee’s law.

From Slate

"His argument is that most of the rest of the world does not want to be stuck with this dichotomy and wants to hold together some version of global order - that's what a number of states in Asia would agree," he said.

From BBC

Across his many books, including the dense and wondrous "Underland," he takes in everything around him with fluid, impeccably crafted prose —somehow managing to hold together science, myth, memory and movement in a single voice.

From Salon

He has spent three years defending his country from invasion, while also trying to hold together a society and its political leadership that Putin has tried to drive apart.

From BBC

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