get together

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get together (third-person singular simple present gets together, present participle getting together, simple past got together, past participle (UK) got together or (US) gotten together)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To meet, to gather together, to congregate.
   • 2000, Jane Green, Bookends, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN; republished as Bookends: A Novel, trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, 2003, →ISBN, page 304:

     In fact, she doesn't mention the fact that I've obviously been avoiding her, just sounds genuinely thrilled to hear from me, and as soon as I mention getting together she suggests Monday, which is rather keen, even for Portia.

   • 2001, Karen S Smith, Up To No Good, 2004, Black Lace, London, unnumbered page,

     This was what a hen night should be: just a group of good friends getting together to enjoy unpretentious fun away from other people’s eyes.

   • 2015, Eva Dolan, Tell No Tales, Random House, →ISBN, page 167:

     They were easy to shrug off as harmless cranks, only interested in getting together in scuzzy pubs to talk about a revolution they would never manage to provoke, more likely to fight among themselves than raise a concerted attack on the minorities they were so opposed to.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To accumulate, to gather.
3. (intransitive) To agree.
4. (idiomatic, reciprocal, transitive) To start dating; to start being a couple.
5. (intransitive) To have sex
   • 2021 July 2, Sabrina Barr, “Loki fans defend Marvel series over ‘queerbaiting’ claims as director says God of Mischief’s bisexuality won’t be explored further”, in Metro, UK:

     Several Loki fans shared their horror over the idea of Loki and Sylvie getting together, as it would be an example of selfcest.

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ together.

• get it together
• get oneself together