hold together

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌhold toˈgether | ˌhold sthtoˈgether derived
1. to remain, or to keep sth, united
•A political party should hold together.
•It's the mother who usually holds the family together.
2. (of an argument, a theory or a story)to be logical or ↑consistent
•Their case doesn't hold together when you look at the evidence.
compare ↑hang together ↑hang
3. if a machine or an object holds together or sth holds it together, the different parts stay together so that it does not break
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