piece together

phrasal verb

pieced together; piecing together; pieces together

: 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.

Examples of piece together in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025

Homicide investigators are piecing together the chain of events that led to a fatal shooting Friday night in a south Sacramento neighborhood. —Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025

The book illustrates overthinking in a way that might make sense to a kid—a messy swirl of ideas and images that are difficult to piece together. —Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025

The findings will help planetary scientists piece together the primordial ingredients that forged the early Earth. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for piece together

• aether
• gether
• heather
• leather
• nether
• tether
• weather
• wether
• whether
• altogether