string together

Idioms  

1. Compose, assemble, as in There's more to devising an effective slogan than stringing together some words. This expression alludes to threading beads on a string. [First half of 1800s]

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string together

And it enabled the company to string together tens of millions of dollars in contracts.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

But, while competition across the league might be tougher, inconsistency has also been a feature of this year's Premier League as many teams struggled to string together sustained periods of good form.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

“The ability to string together three hits and score like that isn’t quite as simple,” Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

We string together fragments to make sense of the senseless, Thien observes, “searching backwards for a cause.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

That night, I sat through supper trying to decide where I could take Meryl Lee on an allowance that I had to string together for three weeks just to get some cream puffs.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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