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Phrase(s): put people or things together
to join or combine people or things. • We will put Sam and Trudy together at the dinner table. • Let’s put all the crystal goblets together., Phrase(s): put something together
1. Lit. to assemble something. • How long will it take to put dinner together? • This model was put together incorrectly. 2. Fig. to consider some facts and arrive at a conclusion. • I couldn’t put everything together to figure out the answer in time. • When I put together all the facts, I found the answer.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. 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] 2. 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.
American Heritage Idioms