"push together" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pushes together [present, singular, third-person], pushing together [participle, present], pushed together [participle, past], pushed together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push together (third-person singular simple present pushes together, present participle pushing together, simple past and past participle pushed together)
  1. (transitive) To surreptitiously and/or inadvertently set up two people to hook up as partners in romance, business, crime, etc. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-push_together-en-verb-HO18veim Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (together)

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