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going together

going together is the present participle and gerund of go together.

Meaning of go together

Verb

go together (third-person singular simple present goes together, present participle going together, simple past went together, past participle gone together)

  1. (idiomatic) To be in a relationship.
    • The nurse says "A very good friend of yours just called to see how you were & his name was J." […] Told her it was amazing he called, that I haven't seen him in 2 years & we had gone together for 10 years.1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
  2. (literally) To accompany each other (e.g. to an event).
    • Should we go separate, or should we go together?
  3. (idiomatic) To correspond or fit well.
    • Purple and blue are two colors that go together well.
  4. (idiomatic) To be inseparable; to go hand in hand.
    • Exercise and sweat often go together.

Questions about going together

What is going together the present participle and gerund of?
Going together is the present participle and gerund of go together.

Words near going together in the dictionary

  1. going to town on
  2. going to war
  3. going to waste
  4. going to water
  5. going to work
  6. going together
  7. going toilet
  8. going too far
  9. going towards
  10. going tutti-frutti
  11. going under

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