Join free

patch up

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

patch up

verb patches up · patching up · patched up

  1. idiomatic To repair by adding a patch. I needed to patch up my trousers after ripping them on the brambles.
  2. idiomatic, transitive To mend quickly.
  3. figuratively, idiomatic To repair relations; to improve relations. You need to patch things up with your sister after that horrible argument.
  4. obsolete To overlay.

Translations

Every language

verb to mend quickly and roughly

Españolparchear, emparchar
Deutschzusammenflicken, zusammenklittern, klittern, zusammenschustern, zurechtflicken
Italianorattoppare, rammendare

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"patch up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/patch%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

patch up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/patch%20up

Chicago

"patch up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/patch%20up.

BibTeX
@misc{patch_up_2026,
  title = {patch up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/patch%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}