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PATCH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mend by putting a patch on
Example:
patch a hole
Synonyms:
patch; patch up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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
Example:
After some discussion we finally made up
Synonyms:
conciliate; make up; patch up; reconcile; settle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
