PULL TOGETHER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Assemble or get together

Example:

pull your thoughts together

Synonyms:

collect; garner; gather; pull together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull together"):

heap up; pile up; stack up (arrange into piles or stacks)

shock (collect or gather into shocks)

clam (gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean)

pearl (gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean)

sponge (gather sponges, in the ocean)

oyster (gather oysters, dig oysters)

nest (gather nests)

bird-nest; birdnest (gather birdnests)

snail (gather snails)

nut (gather nuts)

cull; pick; pluck (look for and gather)

round up (seek out and bring together)

come up; muster; muster up; rally; summon (gather or bring together)

salvage; scavenge (collect discarded material)

hive (gather into a hive)

club (gather into a club-like mass)

glean; harvest; reap (gather, as of natural products)

rake (gather with a rake)

marshal; mobilise; mobilize; summon (make ready for action or use)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something