cobble together
Patch up makeshift
To cobble together is to assemble something hastily from whatever materials are available, often resulting in something functional but imperfect.
The phrase evokes a cobbler patching shoes—making do rather than crafting from scratch: We cobbled together a proposal from old reports.
She cobbled together dinner from leftovers.
- slapdashHasty and careless
- slap togetherAssemble carelessly and fast
- jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- quick and dirtyFast but unpolished
assemble · piece together · improvise · wing it · on the fly · kludge · contrive · MacGyver · rig · bodge · whip up · patchwork · homebrew · rustle up · haphazard · pull together · put together · throw together
deconstruction vs. construction
cobble togetherdismantle
Separate into parts
disassemble · take apart · deconstruct · tear down · demolish
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