From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpull together phrasal verb1 TRY TO DO OR GET somethingif a group of people pull together, they all work hard to achieve something If we all pull together, we’ll finish on time.2 pull yourself togetherCONTROL to force yourself to stop behaving in a nervous, frightened, or uncontrolled way With an effort Mary pulled herself together.3 pull something togetherIMPROVE to improve something by organizing it more effectively We need an experienced manager to pull the department together. → pull→ See Verb table
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pull together• In 1848 Young marshaled another 1,229 Saints and Kimball pulled together 662 more for the great migration.• It was a tremendous amount of work pulling together a series like that.• In Japan in the 50s and 60s, the government, bankers and workers all pulled together and brought about what we now call "the economic miracle'.• A nation that might disagree with its leaders at times, but will pull together for its nation's sake.• Radical restructuring could work only if Sam had people on his side, pulling together instead of pulling the company apart.• Like are the disasters pulling together or are the people pulling together?• Abstract ideas became focused as he pulled together previous work on neural nets.• In order to pull together the conclusions of these initiatives an International Conference is being held in the early summer of 1992.• Parents, teachers, and students should all pull together to tackle the school's drugs problem.pull yourself together• But then she pulled herself together.• Head in her hands, she tried to pull herself together.• It's about time Joe pulled himself together.• This was another occasion on which, as Margie put it, Margarett pulled herself together.• Yet, again and again, now as before, the people have pulled themselves together and gotten on with life.• It took them seconds to pull themselves together and reorganize themselves.• Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.• In March, 1939 I pulled myself together sufficiently.• Pull yourself together - you don't want him to see you crying like that.From Longman Business Dictionarypull together phrasal verb1[intransitive] if a group of people pull together, they all work hard to achieve somethingIf we all pull together, we’ll finish on time.2[transitive] pull something together to improve something by organizing it more effectivelyWe need an experienced manager to pull the department together. → pull→ See Verb table 