PATCH UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patch up mean? 

• PATCH UP (verb)
  The verb PATCH UP has 2 senses:

1. mend by putting a patch on

2. come to terms

  Familiarity information: PATCH UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATCH UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mend by putting a patch on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

patch; patch up

Context example:

patch a hole

Hypernyms (to "patch up" is one way to...):

bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Sentence example:

They patch up the cape

Sense 2

Meaning:

Come to terms

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

conciliate; make up; patch up; reconcile; settle

Context example:

After some discussion we finally made up

Hypernyms (to "patch up" is one way to...):

agree; concord; concur; hold (be in accord; be in agreement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "patch up"):

appease; propitiate (make peace with)

make peace (end hostilities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s