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"To repair by adding a patch."
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"(idiomatic) To repair by adding a patch."
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"To mend quickly."
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"(idiomatic, transitive) To mend quickly."
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "adabakitu"
},
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "adabatu"
},
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zusammenflicken"
},
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zusammenklittern"
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
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"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zusammenschustern"
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zurechtflicken"
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "rattoppare"
},
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
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"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "rammendare"
},
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "pūnotinoti"
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"_dis1": "5 86 9",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "parchear"
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"text": "You need to patch things up with your sister after that horrible argument.",
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"ref": "1983, James C. H. Shen, “Signs of Change”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 51",
"text": "Nixon was very curious about developments on the Chinese mainland. He particularly wanted to know whether the Vice-Premier saw any possibility of Peking and Moscow patching up their feud in the foreseeable future. Chiang Ching-kuo answered in the negative.",
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"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "adabakitu"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "adabatu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zusammenflicken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zusammenklittern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "klittern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zusammenschustern"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "zurechtflicken"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "rattoppare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "rammendare"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "pūnotinoti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mend quickly and roughly",
"word": "parchear"
}
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"word": "patch up"
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