pull together - Longman Dictionary

2 pull yourself togetherCONTROL to force yourself to stop behaving in a nervous, frightened, or uncontrolled way With an effort Mary pulled herself together.3 ... pulltogetherFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishpulltogetherphrasalverb1TRYTODOORGETsomethingifagroupofpeoplepulltogether,theyallworkhardtoachievesomething  Ifweallpulltogether,we’llfinishontime.2pullyourselftogetherCONTROLtoforceyourselftostopbehavinginanervous,frightened,oruncontrolledway  WithaneffortMarypulledherselftogether.3pullsomethingtogetherIMPROVEtoimprovesomethingbyorganizingitmoreeffectively  Weneedanexperiencedmanagertopullthedepartmenttogether.→pull→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpuspulltogether•In1848Youngmarshaledanother1,229SaintsandKimballpulledtogether662moreforthegreatmigration.•Itwasatremendousamountofworkpullingtogetheraserieslikethat.•Anationthatmightdisagreewithitsleadersattimes,butwillpulltogetherforitsnation'ssake.•RadicalrestructuringcouldworkonlyifSamhadpeopleonhisside,pullingtogetherinsteadofpullingthecompanyapart.•Likearethedisasterspullingtogetherorarethepeoplepullingtogether?•Abstractideasbecamefocusedashepulledtogetherpreviousworkonneuralnets.•InordertopulltogethertheconclusionsoftheseinitiativesanInternationalConferenceisbeingheldintheearlysummerof1992.•Parents,teachers,andstudentsshouldallpulltogethertotackletheschool'sdrugsproblem.pullyourselftogether•Butthenshepulledherselftogether.•Headinherhands,shetriedtopullherselftogether.•It'sabouttimeJoepulledhimselftogether.•Thiswasanotheroccasiononwhich,asMargieputit,Margarettpulledherselftogether.•Yet,againandagain,nowasbefore,thepeoplehavepulledthemselvestogetherandgottenonwithlife.•Ittookthemsecondstopullthemselvestogetherandreorganizethemselves.•Pullyourselftogether.It'sridiculoustogetupsetaboutsuchasillylittlething.•InMarch,1939Ipulledmyselftogethersufficiently.•Pullyourselftogether-youdon'twanthimtoseeyoucryinglikethat.FromLongmanBusinessDictionarypulltogetherphrasalverb1[intransitive]ifagroupofpeoplepulltogether,theyallworkhardtoachievesomethingIfweallpulltogether,we’llfinishontime.2[transitive]pullsomethingtogethertoimprovesomethingbyorganizingitmoreeffectivelyWeneedanexperiencedmanagertopullthedepartmenttogether.→pull→SeeVerbtable Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics School Currencies Occupations Magic Seealltopics Wordoftheday fasten tojointogetherthetwosidesofacoat,shirt,bagetcsothatitisclosed VerbtablepullPresentI,you,we,theypullhe,she,itpulls >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theypulledPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavepulledhe,she,ithaspulledPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadpulledFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillpullFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavepulled >ViewLess PresentIampullinghe,she,itispulling >ViewMore you,we,theyarepullingPastI,he,she,itwaspullingyou,we,theywerepullingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenpullinghe,she,ithasbeenpullingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenpullingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbepullingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenpulling >ViewLess