to cobble sth together quickly
1cobble something together — PREPARE ROUGHLY/HASTILY, make roughly/hastily, throw together; improvise, contrive, rig (up), whip up; informal rustle up; Brit. informal knock up. → cobble * * * …
2cobble — 1 verb (T) 1 old fashioned to repair or make shoes 2 to put cobblestones on a street cobble sth together phrasal verb (T) informal to quickly make something that is useful but not perfect: The diplomats cobbled together an agreement. | She… …
3cobble — cob|ble1 [ˈkɔbəl US ˈka: ] v [T] old fashioned [Sense: 1; Date: 1400 1500; Origin: COBBLER2] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: COBBLE2] 1.) to repair or make shoes 2.) to put ↑cobblestones on a street cobble tog …
4make*/*/*/ — [meɪk] (past tense and past participle made [meɪd] ) verb I 1) [T] to create or produce something The nail made a hole in my shirt.[/ex] Jane was making coffee.[/ex] This furniture is made in South America.[/ex] a bowl made of… …
5knock something up — (Brit. informal) MAKE QUICKLY, prepare hastily, build rapidly, whip up, rig up, throw together, cobble together, improvise, contrive; informal rustle up. → knock * * * ˌknock sthˈup derived to prepare or make sth quickly and without much effort • …
