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Definition of hold together phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hold together

phrasal verb
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hold together | hold something together
  1. to remain, or to keep something, united
    • A political party should hold together.
    • It's usually the drummer who holds the band together.
  2. (of an argument, a theory or a story) to be logical or consistent
    • Their case doesn't hold together when you look at the evidence.
    compare hang together
  3. if a machine or an object holds together or something holds it together, the different parts stay together so that it does not break
See hold together in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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