pull together

verb

To unite for a common objective.

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Meanings

verbpull together (third-person singular simple present pulls together, present participle pulling together, simple past and past participle pulled together)

present singular third person pulls together · participle present pulling together · participle past pulled together · past pulled together

  1. To unite for a common objective.

    I know these things still go on and will continue to happen until gay prisoners fight back. By that, I mean pulling closer together and participating in consciousness raising discussions with each other. In short, I mean organizing.

    1980 February 16, Ed Mead, “untitled”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 8

Synonyms & antonyms

verbassemble or get together

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

pull together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20together

MLA

“pull together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20together. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pull together,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20together.

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