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DRAW TOGETHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does draw together mean?
• DRAW TOGETHER (verb)
The verb DRAW TOGETHER has 1 sense:
1. bring together in a common cause or emotion
Familiarity information: DRAW TOGETHER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring together in a common cause or emotion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bond; draw together
Context example:
The death of their child had drawn them together
Hypernyms (to "draw together" is one way to...):
unify; unite (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Context examples
By Saint Paul! it was a noble sight when two great armies would draw together upon a certain day, and all who had a vow would ride forth to discharge themselves of it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As she spoke I could see her husband's face darken and draw together, as though the passion in him were shrivelling his being to its core.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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