to cobble together

Examples

• All

• "Maybe this 'll help," I said, holding up the tape Andy and I had cobbled together.

  Fiction book (2002)

• So many people who choose to go to college cobble together savings, loans, financial aid, whatever it takes.

  DoctorRamani

• So thanks to him, I, I, I was able to sort of cobble together these thoughts.

• OK, so I cobbled together a tool.

• I studied Franklin and a few others and began to cobble together a personal program.

  Blog text (23)

• Throughout this period, the Social Democratic Party managed to cobble together minority governments with smaller centrist parties.

  Academic text (1996)

• For me, that's usually all the excuse I need to cobble together a dessert afterward.

  Blog text (21)

• Left to his own devices, he'd managed to cobble together various part-time jobs.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I cobbled together a bunch of ideas that ended up being Taoism meets Stoicism basically.

  Tom Bilyeu

• Still, al-Maliki was able to preserve his spot by cobbling together a Shiite-led coalition.

  Blog text (15)

Synonyms

P

to put together

vsto cobble together

988 2.8

To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team

is rougher and more improvised rather than neutral planned creation

A

to assemble

vsto cobble together

169 2.9

To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy

is quicker and rougher rather than planned, neat construction

T

to throw together

vsto cobble together

• Informal

22 3.5

Make something quickly without much care or planning

focuses more on quick rough building from available parts rather than planning

C

to cobble

vsto cobble together

• Informal

21 5.3

To put things together quickly and roughly using what is available

is the same meaning but is the common multiword expression

R

to rig up

vsto cobble together

• Informal

12 4.1

Put things like lights or a tent together quickly to use for a short time

shares improvisation but stresses rough building from available parts

S

to slap together

vsto cobble together

• Informal

3 6.0

Make something quickly without caring about details

is similar but emphasizes rough use of spare parts and improvisation

K

to knock together

vsto cobble together

• UK

1 4.9

Make something quickly that will not last long

is closer to rough, improvised making from spare parts than planned work

S

to scratch together

vsto cobble together

• Informal

1 6.5

To gather small amounts of money, food, or a few people with difficulty to do something

contrasts by focusing on speed and roughness rather than effort or scarcity

C

to cobble up

vsto cobble together

• Informal

8.2

To make something quickly and roughly using what is available

is the same meaning but is a common informal alternative form

C

to clap together

vsto cobble together

• UK

6.8

To make something quickly and without care using what you have

differs by stressing rough assembly from parts rather than immediacy alone

F

to fudge together

vsto cobble together

• Informal

7.4

Make something quickly and carelessly using what you have

is similar but highlights using available parts rather than low quality only

T

to tack together

vsto cobble together

4.7

To join parts quickly in a careless, temporary way

is about quick rough construction rather than just loose temporary joining

S

to scrunge together

vsto cobble together

• Slang

9.1

To get a small amount of something quickly with little money or time

differs by stressing quick rough assembly from available parts rather than scarcity

Antonyms

R

to refine

93 4.0

Make something better by making a few small changes

D

to disassemble

19 3.8

To take something apart into separate pieces

How Well

to fix

∞ 1.0

to build

∞ 1.0

to assemble

169 2.9

to cobble together

• Informal

16 5.2

jury-rigged

• Informal

2 7.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology