patched up
Example Sentences
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He has been inundated with customers wanting to have old bikes patched up.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
England have a patched up pace attack that is missing Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse and Mark Wood.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
Despite years of feuding, Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard patched up their relationship in time for Howard’s Basketball Hall of Fame induction in September.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
Roigard took an early dint in the destruction derby of Test rugby, but, patched up and tuned up, he looks set to hit clean air.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
But our mechanics always just patched up the outsides, tuned up the insides, and then repainted them Marine Corps camouflage green.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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