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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He started the organization in 2025 and put together a job fair.
From Los Angeles Times
“They Will Kill You” feels like helping my two-year-old niece put together a fairly simple, 12-piece puzzle, and watching her exclaim with delight before asking if we can assemble it again.
From Salon
A few years later, they put together a pilot programme which saw them riding around on their bikes in Barrow in-Furness where Myers lived, cooking food for people.
From BBC
And he puts together this thing once, twice a year here in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
Writing for The New York Times, Bernadine Morris famously mused that the collection looked “as if it were put together with the eyes closed in a very dark room.”
From Salon
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