cobble up
Throw together quickly
To cobble up is to put together hastily or clumsily, assembling something from whatever materials are at hand: We cobbled up a shelter from tarps and fallen branches.
The phrase suggests improvisation without craft—functional but rough.
Related to cobble together, which carries the same meaning.
- makeTo bring into being
- improvisePerform without preparation
- wing itAct without preparation
- jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
- throw togetherAssemble hastily without planning
compose · piece together · slap together · knock together · compile · assemble · fabricate · rough-hewn · thrown-together · quick and dirty · slapdash · rough and ready · run up · crude · makeshift · bodge · kludge · duct tape fix