hold together
Britishverb
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to cohere or remain or cause to cohere or remain in one piece
your old coat holds together very well
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to stay or cause to stay united
the children held the family together
Example Sentences
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“These are two events that speak to a system of values that hold together Europe and the United States—that hold the West together,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
"Now we really want nothing to do with the Canterbury structure," he said, "because it's failed to hold together any sense of biblical, historic Anglicanism."
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
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 • May 28, 2025
Small acts of kindness do more to hold together a society than passports and border checks.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025
He had to understand every connection, or the knife would not hold together.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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