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put together

verb, adj, noun — 6 senses

put together

verbalso spelled put-together
1

To assemble, construct, build, or formulate.

  • If you try to put together the model kit yourself, be careful not to break any of the pieces.
  • We'll need to put together a plan if we want to get this project finished.
1 more example
  • Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
2

To gather one's thoughts and come to conclusions.

  • They were drunk and slow and she was quick to her boot and quick with the blade and she had sliced one across the arm and the other across the cheek before either could put together what was happening.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 206:
Derived terms
put one's hands together, put two and two together, put heads together

put together

adj
1

In total.

  • Alaska has more land than Texas and Oklahoma put together.
2

Especially, With an adjective indicating degree Stable and sound psychologically and hence in other respects; competent and responsible.

  • Today, Bessy is still unmarried but she is well put together. She has bought two new cars since the divorce, she now owns her home, two of her children have college degrees, one is certified in medical assisting, […]2011, Sondra Busby, Understanding Life and Its Challenges, →ISBN:
  • I had the impression that she is well put together and has good ego-strength. She is aware of her tendency to be overly self-critical, is working on it and making some progress.1954, Annette Marie Garrett, Learning Through Supervision, page 78:

put-together

noun

Etymology From put together.

1

Something that has been put together; the whole assembled group of something, an improvised grouping or composite.

  • I kept thinkin' that this here woman knew a sight more about raisin' cattle that the entire put together of our county.2007, Wayne Lamson, A Man's Job To Do, page 87:
  • ‘Wouldn't want to compromise your cred, I'm weeks overdue at the colorist, this whole puttogether here ran me under a hundred bucks at Filene's Basement—’2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 13:

put-together

adj

Etymology From put together.

1

That has been put together; assembled, makeshift.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for put together and put-together.