piece together

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piece together

verb pieces together · piecing together · pieced together

  1. To physically assemble (or reassemble) from fragments or pieces. The community pieced together a quilt using a square stitched in each household.
  2. figuratively To reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements. The detective painstakingly collected clues to piece together what happened that tragic night.

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verb to physically assemble from fragments or pieces

Españoljuntar, montar
中文拼湊 /拼凑 pīncòu
Françaisassembler, reconstituer
Deutschzusammenfügen, zusammensetzen, zusammenstellen, zusammenbasteln, zusammenstückeln

verb (figuratively) to reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements

Españolreconstruir
中文重建 chóngjiàn
Françaisreconstituer, réassembler
Deutschklittern, zusammenklittern, zusammenstückeln, rekonstruieren, zusammensetzen

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@misc{piece_together_2026,
  title = {piece together},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piece%20together},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}