to stay together
- phrasal verb
- /steɪ təˈɡɛðər/
- If we stay together, we survive.
- families stay together
- parents stay together
- stay together for the sake of
The longer we stay together, the deeper the tie.
- The longer we stay together, the deeper the tie.
- I mean, the the parents who stay together are just few and far between.
- So there are lots of reasons people get together, stay together when they're in the public view.
- If if him and AB and Le'veon Bell stay together, you think they could have won it?
- And I, you know, you hear about so many people staying together for the kids.
- And so my my parents argued a lot, but they stayed together.
- Because more people get divorced than people that stay together in marriages.
- It's not just a commitment to staying together.
- We have power and we still have it and we have to stay together to fight this cause together.
- Crew and Ren, I think that they do stay together.
- What's the reason those two people shouldn't then just stay together?
Examples
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They will stay together as a pair throughout their lives.
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Will Larry and Kate stay together or will they get divorced?
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We have power and we still have it and we have to stay together to fight this cause together.
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I mean, the the parents who stay together are just few and far between.
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I just want us to stay together.
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Our basic finding was that families try to stay together and remain near their homes.
Academic text (1997) -
I watched them stay together while all my friends' parents fell apart.
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The longer we stay together, the deeper the tie.
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How have you and Isaac stayed together for so long?
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In tough times, it's important for friends to stay together and support each other.
Synonyms
Stay together and help each other during hard times
Keep parts or people joined and working as one
To join others to support the same cause
To stay united and help each other in hard times
Antonyms
- Informal
End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner
How United
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to remain united/loyal' is directly and compositionally derived from 'stay' (to remain) + 'together' (in the same group), following a common English verb + adverb pattern. This construction is cross-linguistically regular and predictable, so an average B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Stay together comes from the simple image of people holding close in a storm: to stay by each other's side and be together so they do not get separated. That's why it means 'to remain united and loyal to each other' in hard times.