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Belong to   /bɪlˈɔŋ tu/   Listen
Belong to

verb
1.
Be a part or adjunct.  Synonym: belong.  "These pages don't belong"






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"Belong to" Quotes from Famous Books



... is a term that is used to characterize the peculiarities that distinguish a writer or a composition. Correctness and clearness properly belong to the domain of diction; simplicity, conciseness, gravity, elegance, diffuseness, floridity, force, feebleness, coarseness, etc., belong to the ...
— The Verbalist • Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

... take you to Albuquerque and keep you straight for a few months, and by that time we'll have things in hand back here. You know, Mrs. Duke, you and David belong to us and we are going to see you through. And then when it is all over we'll get him a church out there,—why, everything is going splendidly. Now remember, it may be a few months, or it may be ten years, but we are back of you and we are going to see you through. Don't ever wonder ...
— Sunny Slopes • Ethel Hueston

... nice!" I stuttered, in my haste, "and just the man for her, both Aubrey and I think, but I'll tell you where the trouble is. She thinks you belong to Flora." ...
— At Home with the Jardines • Lilian Bell

... would bring down the curtain. After all, no matter what came of it, Pete was glad. The color warmed his face; his blue eyes deepened; he smiled down at Sylvie beside him. For this hour she seemed to belong to him rightfully, naturally, by her own will. He let go of his inhibitions and resigned himself ...
— Snow-Blind • Katharine Newlin Burt

... made all manner of fun of the big man with the red nose. Playford laughingly shouted: "Pay no attention to him, he don't belong to the show, he lives out in the country. He's a neighbor ...
— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field


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