patch sth up
— phrasal verb with patch uk/pætʃ/us/pætʃ/verb
C2 to try to improve a relationship after there have been problems:
Jackie and Bill are still trying to patch up their marriage.
Did you manage to patch things up with her after your row?
to repair something, especially in a simple and temporary way
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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Correcting and mending