as in patching (together)
to make or assemble roughly or hastily
we jury-rigged shelves out of cartons and crates until we could afford real furniture
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Recent Examples of jury-rigging
For pet owner Tyler (who preferred not to use his last name), relocating from Napa to New York with his dog Bread meant jury-rigging a plan when no Bark flights were available on his travel date.
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Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jury-rigging
throwing up
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Can someone take care of Angie, who keeps throwing up?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2026
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Talk centered on nations increasingly building their own infrastructure, and protectionist trade policies throwing up barriers to collaborative development and rollout of new technologies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Jury-rigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jury-rigging. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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