patching up

In traditional Franco-German style, both sides are now publicly patching up and putting on the mandatory common front.

They are becoming the team proverbially patching up one hole only to see another develop.

This year, as the stream has moved and broken through some of the smaller dams, he’s seen the beavers expand and lengthen the large dam, patching up sections overnight.

Navy rescue and salvage ship, pulled into a port in India’s southeast this summer, the job at hand was patching up the aging vessel.

Hodan Artan is patching up the roof of her home, sewing together pieces of fabric of different colours with a blue string.