hang together
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Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To be consistent or coherent: Refers to ideas, arguments, or parts of a story forming a logical and unified whole.
- To remain united or mutually supportive: Refers to people or groups staying loyal and supportive of each other, especially during difficult times.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- For the plan to work, all the details must hang together perfectly. (This shows the need for logical consistency.)
- The first chapter of her essay is interesting, but the overall argument doesn't hang together. (This indicates a lack of coherence.)
- If we hang together, we can get through this crisis. (This demonstrates mutual support and unity.)
Advanced Usage
- "to make something hang together": to cause disparate elements to form a coherent whole.
- The director's vision is what makes the complex film hang together.
- Often used in conditional statements or to express a desired or required state of unity or logic.
Variants and Related Words
- Cohere (verb): To be united, to form a whole. (More formal synonym for the "consistency" meaning.)
- Stick together (phrasal verb): To remain united or loyal to one another. (Close synonym for the "mutual support" meaning.)
Synonyms
- Be consistent: For the coherence meaning.
- Hold together: A very close synonym for both meanings.
- Stand united: For the mutual support meaning.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Hang on: To wait, or to hold tightly.
- Hang out: To spend time relaxing socially.
- Hang up: To end a phone call.
Related Idioms
- "Hang in there": An expression of encouragement to persist through difficulty.
- I know it's tough, but just hang in there.
- "Hang by a thread": To be in a very precarious or dangerous situation.
- After the scandal, his career was hanging by a thread.
Verb
- be connected
- In my heart I can make the world hang together