put together
Idioms-
Build, assemble, create, as in We put together the new bookcase , or This writer can't put together a coherent sentence . [First half of 1500s]
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Combine mentally, as in Once she put this and that together she knew exactly what had happened . [First half of 1600s] Also see put our heads together ; put two and two together .
Example Sentences
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She’s backed on her earliest recordings by jazz ensembles she’d put together and led, and by such jazz icons as Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson and Coleman Hawkins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But by August 2024, the Imax team put together a series of tests to show cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
That basket of stocks, which the bank first put together in 2020, is rebalanced every quarter based on an analysis of retail trading flows.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
If there was a “gang” put together to solve a problem, he wanted in on the action, whatever it was.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Bits and pieces of his essence remain, but nothing you could put together again. I suppose some injuries even Tartarus cannot heal.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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