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patching together

patching together is the present participle and gerund of patch together.

Meaning of patch together

Verb

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

  1. To repair (something), especially in an improvised manner or with insufficient equipment.

Questions about patching together

What is patching together the present participle and gerund of?
Patching together is the present participle and gerund of patch together.

Words near patching together in the dictionary

  1. Patchin
  2. patchiness
  3. patchinesses
  4. patching
  5. patching over
  6. patching together
  7. patching up
  8. patchings
  9. Patchins
  10. patchless
  11. patchlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patching together (page history and authors); patch together (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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