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get-together
[get-tuh-geth-er]
noun
an informal and usually small social gathering.
a meeting or conference.
get-together
noun
informala small informal meeting or social gathering
verb
(tr) to gather or collect
(intr) (of people) to meet socially
(intr) to discuss, esp in order to reach an agreement
informal
to achieve one's full potential, either generally as a person or in a particular field of activity
to achieve a harmonious frame of mind
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of get-together1
Idioms and Phrases
Accumulate, gather, as in Go get all the firewood together : [c. 1400]
Come together, assemble, as in Let's get together next week . The variant get together with means “meet with someone,” as in I can't get together with them today but I'll have time next week . [Late 1600s]
Arrive at an agreement, as in The jury was unable to get together on a verdict .
. See under get one's act together .
Example Sentences
"He told me I used to look like a little rat!" remembers Ma'asi-White of their reunion and shared memories of backyard get-togethers more than a decade previously.
His siblings and my siblings and my cousins, and we had a whole bunch of family reunions, family get-togethers.
Street parties will also take place up and down the country, with local communities encouraged to organise their own get-togethers to echo the celebrations from 80 years ago.
At the Heath Business Park - a hub for businesses that also has community facilities - Catherine Chadwick is at a weekly get-together for the over-50s.
The address given on the paperwork also appears in a text message from Halili to Aldrete, inviting her to a get-together.
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