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pull together

B1 neutral separable both
In simple words

To work as a team and help each other, especially when things are hard.

Literal meaning: To pull on a rope together — naturally extended to collective effort.

Meanings

1 B1 idiomatic neutral

To cooperate and work as a united group, especially in a crisis.

"If we all pull together, we can finish the project before the deadline."

"We have to pull together as a nation."

— Commonly used phrase in wartime speeches; associated with Winston Churchill's wartime rhetoric, 1940s
Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 neutral

To collect or organise various pieces of information, resources, or materials into a coherent whole.

"She spent the weekend pulling together all the data for the annual report."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

The intransitive sense ('we must pull together') is a common motivational phrase, especially in crises. The transitive sense ('pull together a report') means to assemble or organise something. Both are common in British and American English.

Commonly used with

team community nation report plan resources effort

Forms

Base
pull together
I/you/we/they
3rd person
pulls together
he/she/it
Past simple
pulled together
yesterday
Past participle
pulled together
have + pp
-ing form
pulling together
continuous

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