Word info

go together

Speech parts

1. go together - Noun

2. go together - Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic, of two people) To be in a relationship.
Everybody knows now that Richard and Betsy go together.

(literally, of two people) To accompany each other (e.g. to an event).
Should we go separate, or should we go together?

(idiomatic, of two or more things) To correspond or fit well.
Purple and blue are two colors that go together well.

(idiomatic) To be inseparable; to go hand in hand.
Exercise and sweat often go together.

go-together (plural go-togethers)

One of two or more things that match, or combine well.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

go-together

Examples

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. John Ruskin

Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins. Robert Mugabe

As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can't have it both ways. Socialism is a new form of slavery. Alexis de Tocqueville

Fear and love do not go together. Lithuanian Proverb

Noise and hunting don't go together. African Proverb

Quick and well seldom go together. Danish Proverb

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