flock together

flock together

To come together or form a group. Often used of animals. We watched as the geese flocked together overhead.
See also: flock, together
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flock together

to gather together in great numbers. (*Typically said of birds and sheep.) A large number of blackbirds flocked together, making a lot of noise. Do sheep really flock together in a storm?
See also: flock, together
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • we should get together (sometime)
  • huddle together
  • Let's get together
  • let's get together (sometime)
  • live in each other's pockets
  • be/live in each other's pockets
  • hang together
  • draw people or things together
  • draw together
  • group (someone or something) together
References in classic literature
Men of my age flock together; we are birds of a feather, as the old proverb says; and at our meetings the tale of my acquaintance commonly is--I cannot eat, I cannot drink; the pleasures of youth and love are fled away: there was a good time once, but now that is gone, and life is no longer life.
The shepherds came up, and felt sure they had killed him; so in all haste they collected their flock together, took up the dead beasts, of which there were more than seven, and made off without waiting to ascertain anything further.
And the moral of that is--"Birds of a feather flock together."'
Birds of a feather flock together. They won't be stuck up, any of them, you'll see."
Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His Thunder in mid Volie, for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heav'n: The overthrown he rais'd, and as a Heard Of Goats or timerous flock together throngd Drove them before him Thunder-struck, pursu'd With terrors and with furies to the bounds And Chrystall wall of Heav'n, which op'ning wide, Rowld inward, and a spacious Gap disclos'd Into the wastful Deep; the monstrous sight Strook them with horror backward, but far worse Urg'd them behind; headlong themselvs they threw Down from the verge of Heav'n, Eternal wrauth Burnt after them to the bottomless pit.
Recently, we've spotted the It girls sporting various catsuits - as the saying goes, 'Birds of the same feather flock together.' From Anne Curtis' all-black look paired with dad sneakers to Bea Dee's printed number topped off with a pop of color, the catsuit trend, albeit tricky, can go a long way if you know how to wear it.
Summary: Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Alarmed over political developments first in Karnataka and then in Goa, the ruling Congress party in the state is making all efforts to keep its flock together.
The Bird and The Feather didn't flock together at Dundee.
ISLAMABAD -- 'Birds of a feather flock together' - so goes the overused proverb we all learn in school.
Put a bit differently birds of a feather do not exactly all flock together.
Expressing their defiance of the Israeli blockade that began in summer 2007, people flock together to break their fast despite the scarcity of food material.
Visitors flock together at Pearl to take part in Spring Fest United Development Company (UDC), a leading Qatari public shareholding company and the master developer of The Pearl-Qatar and Gewan islands, welcomed visitors to the sparkling island, as they flocked to the Medina Centrale to take part in the Spring Festival.
A sage once said, 'Birds of a feather flock together.'
Birds of different feathers flock together Ducks and swans spend Christmas Eve on Airthrey Loch at Stirling University.
Thousands of Starlings will flock together in a mesmerizing aerial ballet as they prepare to roost for the night in our reed beds.