patch up

phrasal verb

patched up; patching up; patches up

1

: to deal with (a problem, disagreement, etc.) in order to improve or repair a relationship

They finally patched up their differences.

He is going to try to patch things up with his girlfriend.

2

: to give quick and usually temporary medical treatment to (someone or something)

The doctor patched him up, so he's going to be as good as new.

She patched up his wounded arm.

Examples of patch up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Monday, the reception rotunda reopened to the public for the first time since — showing off a restoration of every inch of the space, from the gold and green marble floors long hidden by a sad green carpet to the frescoes on the dome, whose peeling paint has been patched up. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026

Nikolic and Gates attempt to patch up relationship Additional emails suggest that Gates and Nikolic continued to try to resolve the employment dispute. —Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026

Once everything is fixed and patched up, the lights will come back on and baseball will go on, uninterrupted. —Sam Blum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026

Epstein is now back with Boston as a part-owner, so relationships have been patched up. —Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for patch up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup