to rig up

Examples

• All

• We need to rig up a quick shelter before the storm hits.

• Well, if we're here for a while I'll rig something up for cooking.

  Limbo (1999)

• OK, so I need to rig something up to to get more charge into it.

• We bring the trust down to us, we rig it up and then we send it back up.

  The Art of Photography

• "Now if you want, I can rig it up so you can turn it off and on when you want.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "We'll rig up a net," I say.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I bet we can rig up a set of drums just for you.

  National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)

• We can rig up some wheels to it.

  Fiction book (2001)

• You're going to have to rig up some sort of kill switch for the generator.

  The Dead Room (2015)

• You reckon we could rig up a towline and pull them along the bank?

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

S

to set up

vsto rig up

983 2.7

To assemble and prepare equipment or objects so they are ready to use

is usually quicker and done as a temporary, makeshift solution

R

to rig

vsto rig up

111 4.2

To set up equipment on a ship or machine so it is ready to use

is quicker and done as a temporary or makeshift solution

C

to cobble

vsto rig up

• Informal

21 5.3

To put things together quickly and roughly using what is available

leans more toward improvised temporary assembly than careful workmanship

C

to cobble together

vsto rig up

• Informal

16 5.2

Make something quickly and roughly from things you have

focuses more on temporary improvised use rather than just roughness

F

to frame up

vsto rig up

1 4.9

To build the basic wooden structure of a building like a house

is more improvised and done quickly rather than careful construction

C

to cobble up

vsto rig up

• Informal

8.2

To make something quickly and roughly using what is available

is used for short term fixes rather than any lasting build

S

to scrunge together

vsto rig up

• Slang

9.1

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

stresses makeshift assembly for immediate use rather than careful building

R

to rig out

vsto rig up

7.4

Add the equipment a place or thing needs to make it ready

is faster and more makeshift, not a fully outfitted preparation

Antonyms

D

to dismantle

64 4.2

Take something apart into separate pieces

D

to disassemble

19 3.8

To take something apart into separate pieces

How Temporary

jury-rigged

• Informal

2 7.6

to cobble together

• Informal

16 5.2

to rig up

• Informal

12 4.1

to assemble

169 2.9

to build

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology