Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)Synonym of cope: to remain calm in adversity, to successfully manage one's difficulties.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Try to hold it together.

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  2. You're the only thing that's holding me together.

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  3. Hope really held us together.

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  4. Gustavo was trying to hold himself together.

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  5. Sami was the glue that held his family together.

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Origin

Variant of hold together.

Variant of hold together.

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Forms

holds it together, holding it together, held it together, held it together
Base formhold it together · to hold it together
3rd person singularholds it together
Present participleholding it together
Past simpleheld it together
Past participleheld it together

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhold it together
he, she, itholds it together

Past simpleLesson

all personsheld it together

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave held it together
he, she, ithas held it together

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hold it together

Synonyms

1 synonyms
copeB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hoistC2holdA2holderB2holdingholeA1
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