arrange a get-together

Meaning

To organize an informal social meeting or party with friends, family, or colleagues. It implies a relaxed, casual atmosphere where the main goal is to catch up, bond, and spend quality time together.

Examples

• Let's arrange a get-together next weekend so we can finally catch up.

  Let's arrange a get-together next weekend so we can finally catch up.

• She managed to arrange a get-together with her old high school classmates.

  She managed to arrange a get-together with her old high school classmates.

• My parents want to arrange a get-together for the whole family this summer.

  My parents want to arrange a get-together for the whole family this summer.

• I'll try to arrange a get-together with the team after the project is finished.

  I'll try to arrange a get-together with the team after the project is finished.

• It's hard to arrange a get-together when everyone has such busy work schedules.

  It's hard to arrange a get-together when everyone has such busy work schedules.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Let's arrange a get together next Saturday.

  ✓ Let's arrange a get-together next Saturday.

  When used as a noun, 'get-together' must be hyphenated. Without the hyphen, 'get together' is a verb phrase, which does not follow the article 'a'.

• ✗ We arranged a get-together meeting last night.

  ✓ We arranged a get-together last night.

  A 'get-together' is already an informal meeting. Adding the word 'meeting' is redundant and ruins the casual, friendly tone of the expression.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Since we haven't seen each other in months, we should ___ soon.

  💡 organize an informal social meeting

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  arrange a get-together

• It took weeks to ___ because of everyone's conflicting shifts.

  💡 plan a casual reunion

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  arrange a get-together