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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It is a body of work that dwarfs anything put together by his rivals.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
That’s when one was hastily put together, popping up with little to no detail about what it is or how it operates.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 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
Kane’s influential family supported their adventurous son financially as he put together a second expedition to the Arctic.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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