piece together

verb

pieced together; piecing together; pieces together
Synonyms of piece togethernext
: to make (something) by bringing together various parts or pieces
She pieced the quilt together from scraps of old cloth.
: to bring together (various parts or pieces) to form one complete thing
The police had to piece together reports from several witnesses to get an accurate account of what happened.

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Drawing on personal archives, home videos, footage of street protests, newspapers and recorded voices, the filmmaker pieces together a portrait of a country shaped by political repression and a continuing hope for revolution. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 But trailing late, Cal put the pieces together to pick up its second win in conference play. — ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026 Once it was shown in 1953 that the genes are encoded by DNA, the rest of biology looked like little more than piecing together details. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Light red or blond, the strand was stuck in glue that Jefferson had used to piece together this Bible from text cut out of other books. — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for piece together

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“Piece together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piece%20together. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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