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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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
Remember when the Lakers put together a roster awash in washed-up stars in 2021, and how disastrous that was?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
When Harry Brook won his third successive toss of the series, he could have scarcely imagined the start his two openers were going to put together.
From BBC ● 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
I don’t know who this Willem Bloem is, but I bet he’s part of this strange jigsaw I’m trying to put together.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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