pull together

Work as one

Pull together means to unite efforts toward a common goal, especially in difficult circumstances: The community pulled together after the flood.

It can also mean to assemble or organize disparate elements into a coherent whole: She pulled together a presentation in an hour.

To pull yourself together is to regain composure after emotional distress.

Opposites
cooperation vs. division

pull togetherfall apart

Break into pieces

pull apart · splinter · fracture · disband · break apart

assembly vs. dispersal

pull togetherscatter

Distribute in random directions

disperse · pull apart · take apart · disassemble · spread out

composure vs. breakdown

pull togetherfall apart

Break into pieces

break down · lose it · crack up · come undone · go to pieces

Family

pull, gather, together, gathering, pulling, pulley, togetherness, pulls, pulled

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