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Patch together meaning

Patch together is a phrasal verb that means to arrange or create something hastily and without sufficient care.

Past simple
patched together
Past participle
patched together
-ing form
patching together

What patch together means

assemble hastilyB2

To arrange or create something hastily and without sufficient care

The negotiators patched together a temporary agreement overnight.

Similar phrasal verbs

With patch: patch into, patch through, patch up.

With together: go together, get together, put together, come together, live together, club together.

Common questions

What does patch together mean?

To arrange or create something hastily and without sufficient care.

What is the past tense of patch together?

Patched together, which is also its past participle.

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