Cobble together

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    put together hastily wordnet

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cobble uphacks

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"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."

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