rig up

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The show’s first section perhaps overindexed on choreographed numbers, but by midway through, SZA was soaring — first figuratively, and then literally, in a lifeboat rigged up to float above the crowd.

From New York Times

Although he wants to give his chickens a break, Engel is considering rigging up a light system with a timer in his backyard to artificially induce laying, as some owners do.

From Seattle Times

First, they had to rig up a way to simultaneously mix eight or nine gases—many of which are toxic, flammable, or otherwise hard to handle.

From Science Magazine

He accepted the challenge by rigging up a sink toilet in their powder room.

From Los Angeles Times

A tree branch had fallen and tripped a signal flare that had been rigged up to alert the Russians of sneak attacks.

From New York Times