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patched up

patched up is the simple past and past participle of patch up.

Meaning of patch up

Verb

patch up (third-person singular simple present patches up, present participle patching up, simple past and past participle patched up)

  1. (idiomatic) To repair by adding a patch.
    • I needed to patch up my trousers after ripping them on the brambles.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To mend quickly.
  3. (figuratively, idiomatic) To repair relations; to improve relations.
    • You need to patch things up with your sister after that horrible argument.
  4. (obsolete) To overlay.

Questions about patched up

What is patched up the simple past and past participle of?
Patched up is the simple past and past participle of patch up.

Words near patched up in the dictionary

  1. patchcoat
  2. patchcoats
  3. patched
  4. patched over
  5. patched together
  6. patched up
  7. patched-up
  8. Patchell
  9. Patchells
  10. Patchen
  11. Patchens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patched up (page history and authors); patch up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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