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hang together

hang together verb: to be connected.

Verb

hang together (third-person singular simple present hangs together, present participle hanging together, simple past and past participle hung together)

  1. (idiomatic) To be connected.
  2. (idiomatic) To correspond or fit well.
  3. (idiomatic) To be in a romantic relationship.
    Synonyms:
    step out
  4. (idiomatic) To be united in defiance.
  5. To remain united; to stand by one another.
    • […]we are all of a piece; we hang together.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 45
  6. (plan or scheme) To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible.
    • The story does not hang together.

Synonyms of hang together

Forms of hang together

third-person singular presenthangs together
present participlehanging together
past participlehung together
pasthung together

Questions about hang together

What does hang together mean?
Hang together means to be connected.
What part of speech is hang together?
Hang together is a verb.
What is the past tense of hang together?
The past tense of hang together is hung together.

Words near hang together in the dictionary

  1. hang the moon
  2. hang tight
  3. hang time
  4. hang times
  5. hang to
  6. hang together
  7. hang tough
  8. hang up
  9. hang up one's boots
  10. hang up one's fiddle
  11. hang up one's hat

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