Emotions & feelings
hold it together
remain emotionally controlled
To stay calm and stop yourself from crying or panicking.
Hear it in real life
How did you get through the announcement?
I don't know. I just tried to hold it together.
I nearly cried when my daughter left, but I managed to hold it together.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I tried to hold together myself during the funeral.
Say: I tried to hold myself together during the funeral.
With a reflexive pronoun, put it between “hold” and “together.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
hold it together; held it together; try to hold it together
Your turn: say it out loud
I nearly cried when my daughter left, but I managed to hold it together.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
hold it together
remain emotionally controlled
“I nearly cried when my daughter left, but I managed to hold it together.”
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