huddle together

huddle together

1. To come together in a small group. It was so cold that we had to huddle together for warmth while we waited to enter the stadium.
2. To bring people together in a small group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "huddle" and "together." It was so cold that Dad huddled all of us together for warmth while we waited to enter the stadium.
See also: huddle, together
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

huddle someone together

to bunch people together. The scoutmaster huddled the boys together to give them a pep talk. Let's huddle everyone together to keep warm.
See also: huddle, together
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • we should get together (sometime)
  • crowd together
  • be/live in each other's pockets
  • live in each other's pockets
  • Let's get together
  • let's get together (sometime)
  • group (someone or something) together
  • group together
  • hang together
  • flock together
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