patch up

2 definitions found

patch up - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  patch up \patch` up"\ n.
     To mend by patching; to patch; -- also used figuratively; as,
     to patch up frayed relations bewteen parties.
     [PJC]

patch up - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  patch up
      v 1: mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" [syn: patch,
           patch up]
      2: come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
         [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate,
         settle]