string together
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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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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby string together
string quartet, strings, strings attached, string theory, string tie, string together, string up, string variable, stringy, stringy-bark, strip
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