"lump together" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lumps together [present, singular, third-person], lumping together [participle, present], lumped together [participle, past], lumped together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lump together (third-person singular simple present lumps together, present participle lumping together, simple past and past participle lumped together)
  1. To put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group. Translations (to put items together): posar en el mateix sac (Catalan), posar al mateix sac (Catalan), egy kalap alá vesz (Hungarian), raggruppare (Italian), meter en el mismo saco (Spanish), bunta ihop (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lump_together-en-verb-V1dNqmQr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (together)

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to put items together",
      "word": "posar en el mateix sac"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to put items together",
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      "sense": "to put items together",
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