Meanings
present singular third person pieces up · participle present piecing up · participle past pieced up · past pieced up
- Synonym of patch up.
1 more example
[...] and the agrieved person shall doe more manly, to be extraordinary and singular in claiming the due right whereof he is frustrated, then to piece up his lost contentment by visiting the Stews, or stepping to his neighbours bed, which is the common shift in this mis-fortune, or els by suffering his usefull life to wast away and be lost under a secret affliction of an unconscionable size to humane strength.
1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of DivorceSynonyms: patch up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of patch up.
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piece up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piece%20up
“piece up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piece%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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