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

“The Nordschleife allows you to string together corners in a way that you don’t memorize them so well, like you do on a normal test track in a shorter space,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Kevin can now string together words and has improved understanding between him and family members after years of behavioral and speech therapy supported by Applied Behavioral Analysis, the science of learning and behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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

His declining ability to generate a comprehensible sentence, much less string together a coherent argument, will raise serious concerns.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2024

Though, according to this book, no grammar existed with the Wyrdmarks: everything was just symbols that one had to string together.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas