bring (someone or something) together
1. To unite people for a certain occasion. Thank you for bringing us together, sis—we really need to try to spend more time together as a family. It's a shame that it took a funeral to bring us together again. You can always count on a charitable cause like this to bring people together.
2. To unite people on a certain issue. What will it take to bring the two sides together to finally agree on a contract? It's impressive how the president's infrastructure plans have managed to bring Democrats and Republicans together. The new headmaster's strict rules seem to have brought students of all grades together in opposition.
3. To put in close proximity all the components necessary to complete a task. We should bring all the pieces from the box together before we start trying to assemble the desk. Before we start cooking, we need to assemble our mise en place, so bring all the ingredients and utensils together on the counter. First, we need to go through all the puzzle pieces and bring the edges together.
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bring someone together
1. Lit. to cause people to gather into a group. He brought everyone together in the drawing room. They were brought together in a large conference room.
2. Fig. to attempt to get people to agree with one another. I tried to bring them together, but they are too stubborn. They could not be brought together on a price.
bring something together
to assemble things; to gather things together. Thank you for bringing everything together so we can begin work. We brought together all the tools that we needed.
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