knock together
Build something quick
To knock together is to assemble something quickly and roughly, without great care or craftsmanship: I knocked together a bookshelf from scrap wood.
The phrase suggests improvisation and speed over polish—functional but not refined.
In British usage, to knock together can also mean to wake or summon people by knocking: Knock the others together and we'll leave in ten minutes.
Create hastily
- jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
- bodgeCrude temporary repair
- hastilyIn rushed manner
- slapdashHasty and careless
makeshift · jerry-built · rough-and-ready · patchwork · jury-rigged · unpolished · hurried · scramble
whip up
Create hastily
slapdash · makeshift · jerry-built · rough-and-ready · patchwork · jury-rigged · unpolished · hurried · scramble · contrive
knock togethertake apart
Separate into components
disassemble · dismantle · pull apart · tear down · deconstruct
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