put together

Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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 .

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Example Sentences

There are more wind tunnels in the area than in France and Germany put together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Christopher’s Russian bearing is so convincing that I didn’t immediately put together that this was the same actor who played Aaron Burr at the Hollywood Pantages and Pirelli opposite Groban on Broadway.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He’s a contractor/carpenter and has money in a high-interest savings account from occasional cash-paying jobs, but he’s never put together any retirement strategy, so he has no investments.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has put together a 10-day streak of gains, its longest such run since November 2021.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

He hastily put together a plan that would convince Clinton that 12,000 American soldiers were about to pounce on New York City.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen