hold it together vs hold together

hold it together

verb
  • Synonym of cope: to remain calm in adversity, to successfully manage one's difficulties. 

hold together

verb
  • Synonym of hold it together: to cope with adversity. 

  • To stay together. 

  • To cause to stay together. 

How often have the words hold it together and hold together occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )