putsomethingtogether
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
B2
to put thepartsof something in thecorrectplacesandjointhem to each other:
It took severalhoursto put thepuzzletogether.
to build something
- buildThe house was built in the 1950s.
- constructThe company wants to construct a 175-mile pipeline.
- put something upPutting up a wall will not solve the problem.
- erectIt's unlawful to erect a building until you get approval.
- assembleHe has a job assembling furniture in a warehouse.
- put togetherWithout the instruction sheet, I've got no idea how to put all these parts together.
C1
toprepareapieceofworkbycollectingseveralideasandsuggestionsandorganizingthem:
Themanagementare putting together aplan/proposal/packagetorescuethecompany.
Ittakesabout threeweeksto put themagazinetogether.
- If you put thepiecesofwoodtogether, you can make afort.
- We put thetablestogether so that everyone couldsittogether.
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- agglutinate
- aggregation
- articulation
- desegregate
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- hyphenate
- link(something)up
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- weaving
- yoke
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Collecting and amassing
put together
said after a phrase that refers to agroupofpeopleor things to show that you arethinkingof them as agroupratherthanseparately:
Sheearnsmore than all therestof us put together.
Thepopulationof the US isbiggerthan that ofBritain, France, and Germany put together.
Acting, being or existing together
- accompanying
- allied
- along
- alongside
- among
- cooperatively
- double act
- en bloc
- en masse
- epiphenomenon
- non-compatible
- non-conflicting
- one-stop shop
- oneness
- pair off
- two-way
- unison
- unite
- united
- unity