cobble together en · VERB
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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)