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cobble together en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.
    • As a Londoner and regular user since the 1980s, I remember how it was an awful, mismatched place cobbled together from various styles of architecture and which was anything but passenger friendly. 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 30:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cobbles together Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cobbled together Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cobbled together Tense=Past lexicographic
cobbling together Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

jury-rig · knock together

Translations (10)

ru сварга́нить (put together) · pl sklecić (put together) · cs splácat (put together) · ru сля́пать (put together) · it mettere insieme alla bell'e meglio (put together) · pl klecić (put together) · cmn 拼湊 /拼凑 (put together) · fr bricoler (put together) · de zusammenschustern (put together) · fi virittää (put together)