"cobble together" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cobbles together [present, singular, third-person], cobbling together [participle, present], cobbled together [participle, past], cobbled together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cobble together (third-person singular simple present cobbles together, present participle cobbling together, simple past and past participle cobbled together)
  1. To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable. Related terms: jury-rig, knock together Translations (put together): 拼湊 /拼凑 (pīncòu) (Chinese Mandarin), splácat [perfective] (Czech), virittää (Finnish), bricoler (French), zusammenschustern (German), mettere insieme alla bell'e meglio (Italian), сварга́нить (svargánitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сля́пать (sljápatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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