| 单词 | to patch things up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto patch things up b. transitive. To settle (a quarrel or disagreement). Frequently in to patch things up. ΚΠ 1795 F. Reynolds Speculation iv. 52 Patch up your quarrel with Project, in order that you may celebrate your nuptials at his house. 1836 G. W. Lovell Provost of Bruges ii. iii. 36 Your Highness Perceives 'tis vain to patch this quarrel up. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 40 You'll have to..patch up your quarrel. 1913 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 55 They had, to be sure, patched up their differences, but their sentiments towards each other..were far from cordial. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love vii. 138 It was up to him to come over and patch things up. 1987 C. Tomalin Katherine Mansfield xvi. 214 Katherine was now quarrelling with Murry by post again... Things were soon patched over, after a fashion. 2003 R. Barger et al. Hell's Angel ix. 160 By the late sixties, the two charters had patched things up and everything was way cool. < as lemmas |
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