put heads together

verb

To collaborate in a mental task, such as generating ideas.

“I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with a solution.”

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Meanings

verbput heads together (third-person singular simple present puts heads together, present participle putting heads together, simple past and past participle put heads together)

present singular third person puts heads together · participle present putting heads together

  1. To collaborate in a mental task, such as generating ideas.

    I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with a solution.

    1 more example

    Sam and Bran put their little heads together and discover that Jon Snow’s real name is Jon Sand, er, Aegon Targaryen.

    2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
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