pull yourself together• But then she pulled herself together.• Head in her hands, she tried to pull herself together.• It's about time Joepulled himself together.• This was another occasion on which, as Margie put it, Margarett pulled herself together.• Yet, again and again, now as before, the people have pulled themselves together and gotten on with life.• It took them seconds to pull themselves together and reorganize themselves.• Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.• In March, 1939 I pulled myself together sufficiently.• Pull yourself together - you don't want him to see you crying like that.