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hung together

hung together is the simple past and past participle of hang together.

Meaning of hang together

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.

Questions about hung together

What is hung together the simple past and past participle of?
Hung together is the simple past and past participle of hang together.

Words near hung together in the dictionary

  1. hung parliaments
  2. hung round
  3. hung ten
  4. hung the moon
  5. hung to
  6. hung together
  7. hung tough
  8. hung up
  9. hung up one's boots
  10. hung up one's fiddle
  11. hung up one's hat

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