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piecing up

piecing up is the present participle and gerund of piece up.

Meaning of piece up

Verb

piece up (third-person singular simple present pieces up, present participle piecing up, simple past and past participle pieced up)

  1. Synonym of patch up.
    • [...] and the agrieved person shall doe more manly, to be extraordinary and singular in claiming the due right whereof he is frustrated, then to piece up his lost contentment by visiting the Stews, or stepping to his neighbours bed, which is the common shift in this mis-fortune, or els by suffering...1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
    Synonyms:
    patch up

Questions about piecing up

What is piecing up the present participle and gerund of?
Piecing up is the present participle and gerund of piece up.

Words near piecing up in the dictionary

  1. Piechowski
  2. Piechowskis
  3. piecing
  4. piecing out
  5. piecing together
  6. piecing up
  7. piecings
  8. piecrust
  9. piecrusts
  10. Piecuch
  11. Piecuches

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