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Definition 2024
patch_up
patch up
See also: patch-up
English
Verb
patch up (third-person singular simple present patches up, present participle patching up, simple past and past participle patched up)
- (idiomatic) to repair by adding a patch.
- I needed to patch up my trousers after ripping them on the brambles.
- (idiomatic, transitive) to mend quickly
- (idiomatic, figuratively) to repair, to make better
- You need to patch things up with your sister after that horrible argument.
Translations
to mend quickly and roughly
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