| 单词 | cobble something together |
| 释义 | (idiom) Politicians are trying to cobble together a peace treaty. Synonyms improvise If you don't have a wok, improvise one. devise We devised a scheme to help him. put together contrive The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. concoct He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. throw together Additional synonymsin the sense of concoct Definition to invent or make up (a story or plan) He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence. Synonyms make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal), trump up, projectin the sense of contrive Definition to devise or construct ingeniously The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases. Synonyms devise, plan, fabricate, create, design, scheme, engineer, frame, manufacture, plot, construct, invent, improvise, concoct, wangle (informal), effect, bring about, hit upon in the sense of devise Definition to work out (something) in one's mind We devised a scheme to help him. Synonyms work out, plan, form, design, imagine, frame, arrange, plot, construct, invent, conceive, formulate, contrive, dream up, concoct, think up Nearby words of |
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