throw together
Cobble up quickly
To throw together is to assemble hastily or without careful planning.
You might throw together a meal from whatever's in the fridge, or throw together a presentation at the last minute.
The phrase can also mean to bring people into unexpected contact: Fate threw them together at a conference in Prague.
Create hastily
- rustle upInformally prepare or gather
- jury-rigImprovise temporary repair
- assembleJoin parts together
- concoctInvent or devise
scramble · toss up · make do · wing it · ad-lib · extemporize · improvise · kludge
Hasty and careless
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- hastilyIn rushed manner
- rushedDone with excessive speed
- quickMoving with speed
hurried · slipshod · careless · rough · crude · shoddy · botched · half-baked
Temporary substitute measure
- temporaryLimited in duration
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- rough-and-readyCrude yet adequate
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
patchwork · rickety · flimsy · cobbled · tacked · rudimentary · primitive · improvised
Without advance preparation
- spur-of-the-momentDone without advance planning
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- unpremeditatedWithout advance planning
- offhandCasually unrehearsed
off-the-cuff · unrehearsed · unscripted · impulsive · instinctive · snap decision · on impulse · sudden
whip up
Create hastily
concoct · scramble · toss up · make do · wing it · ad-lib · extemporize · improvise · kludge · contrive
slapdash
Hasty and careless
quick · hurried · slipshod · careless · rough · crude · shoddy · botched · half-baked · cursory
stopgap
Temporary substitute measure
- temporaryLimited in duration
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- rough-and-readyCrude yet adequate
ad-hoc · patchwork · rickety · flimsy · cobbled · tacked · rudimentary · primitive · improvised · expedient
impromptu
Without advance preparation
- spur-of-the-momentDone without advance planning
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- unpremeditatedWithout advance planning
offhand · off-the-cuff · unrehearsed · unscripted · impulsive · instinctive · snap decision · on impulse · sudden · random