patch up

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patch up

A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).

transitive verb phrase

1. (colloquial)

a. hacer una cura or (wounded person)

b. curación de urgencia a

2. (marriage, friendship)

a. arreglar

we've patched things uphemos hecho las paces

patch up

transitive verb

[+clothes] remendar provisionalmente; [+car, machine] arreglar provisionalmente; [+cut, wound] vendar; [+marriage, relationship] salvar

the hope that a baby will patch up a failing relationship

the doctor soon patched him up el doctor enseguida le curó las heridas; to patch things up (with sb) hacer las paces (con algn); they patched up their differences resolvieron sus diferencias

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