hold together

verb

1. to cohere or remain or cause to cohere or remain in one piece

   your old coat holds together very well

2. to stay or cause to stay united

   the children held the family together

Example Sentences

Other nations will go on to help Ukraine in its fight, but without America’s military and economic power, this coalition will struggle to hold together against Russia’s might.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Welby has undoubtedly seen it as a big part of his job to hold together very different factions within the Church of England and, even more difficult, in the wider global Church, the Anglican Communion of 85 million people.

From BBC

“It’s like a military campaign to write the songs to get them in shape to figure out how you want the whole thing to hold together,” Doe says.

From Los Angeles Times

At the outset, he’s attempting to manage a period of significant stress, struggling to hold together his family, including his troubled daughter and long-suffering wife.

From Los Angeles Times

It also depends on whether his genuinely unique strategy of holding on to techno-lefty ideals while building bridges with disaffected voters and breaking bread with unexpected allies can hold together, to make modern-day liberalism appealing to those who are increasingly rejecting the very concept.

From Slate

Related Words

• fasten
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