patched up
Fixed but imperfect
Patched up describes something repaired hastily or temporarily rather than properly fixed.
A patched-up roof stops the leak but won't last.
The phrase extends to relationships and disagreements: They patched things up after the fight.
Someone who's been patched up has received quick medical treatment: The medic patched him up and sent him back.
- mendRestore after damage
- reconciledRestored to harmony
- burying the hatchetEnding hostilities permanently
- peace accordTreaty ending a war
- healedReturned to health
fixed · jerry-rigged · duct tape fix · repaired · torn jeans · truce · quick fix · restored · sewn up · cobbled · makeshift · bodged · stopgap · make do · kludge · band-aid solution · tinkered · tear
- Sewing Metaphorsseamless, threadbare, woven, hanging by a thread, needling
- informal conditionsmess, clutter, chaos, disorder, disarray
patched uprebuilt
Constructed anew
refurbished · renovated · good as new · remanufactured · overhauled
patched upbroken
Damaged beyond function
damaged · unrepaired · in disrepair · unfixed · neglected
patched upirreconcilable
Impossible to resolve together
estranged · on the outs · at odds · severed · unreconciled
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