patch together
verb
patched together; patching together; patches together
: to put (something) together usually in a quick or careless way
She patched a meal together from what was in the cupboard.
They quickly patched together a new plan.
Examples of patch together in a Sentence
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The traditional school schedule also leaves families without child care during summer break, requiring parents to patch together various camps and enrichment activities as prices for such services continue to surge. —
Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026 In this way, his music is honest about the struggle to patch together sturdy faith and purpose in a world starving for connection. —H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026 Boston, which sits just under the NBA’s luxury tax line, has leaned on familiar faces to patch together the back end of its roster. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026 As a boy growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, an oil refinery town of sulfurous air, Rauschenberg often wore clothes his mother had patched together from assorted fabric scraps. —Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026 Berger expects to patch together a combination of private funding and public financing. —Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025 Everything in popular culture feels recycled or reanimated or patched together out of preexisting elements. —Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025 Most guides are patching together a year of work by bouncing from operation to operation to build a living. —Corey Buhay, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025 Frank Dillane stars as Mike, a drifter in London sleeping on the city streets and attempting to patch together his life while caught in the throes of addiction. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026 In this way, his music is honest about the struggle to patch together sturdy faith and purpose in a world starving for connection. —H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026 Boston, which sits just under the NBA’s luxury tax line, has leaned on familiar faces to patch together the back end of its roster. —Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026 As a boy growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, an oil refinery town of sulfurous air, Rauschenberg often wore clothes his mother had patched together from assorted fabric scraps. —Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026 Berger expects to patch together a combination of private funding and public financing. —Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025 Everything in popular culture feels recycled or reanimated or patched together out of preexisting elements. —Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025 Most guides are patching together a year of work by bouncing from operation to operation to build a living. —Corey Buhay, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025 Frank Dillane stars as Mike, a drifter in London sleeping on the city streets and attempting to patch together his life while caught in the throes of addiction. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Patch together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/patch%20together. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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