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jerry-build

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Synonyms & Antonyms of jerry-build

as in throw up, rig (up)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for jerry-build

rig (up),
throw up

reassemble,
rebuild,
reconstruct,
redevelop,
reedify
[British],
retrofit

combine,
unite

conceive,
concoct,
contrive,
cook (up),
design,
devise,
imagine,
think (up)

constitute,
establish,
father,
found,
institute,
organize

begin,
coin,
create,
generate,
inaugurate,
initiate,
innovate,
invent,
originate

prefabricate

carpenter,
fashion,
forge,
frame,
hammer,
handcraft,
manufacture,
mold,
produce,
shape

assemble,
build,
confect,
construct,
erect,
fabricate,
make,
make up,
piece,
put up,
raise,
rear,
set up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for jerry-build

demount,
disassemble,
dismantle,
dismember,
knock down,
strike,
take down,
tear down

demolish,
destroy,
devastate,
flatten,
level,
pull down,
pulverize,
raze,
ruin,
ruinate,
shatter,
smash,
wreck

blow up,
explode

detach,
disengage

disconnect,
disjoin,
disunite,
divide,
separate

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The first known use of jerry-build was in 1832

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