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put back together

VERB
repair
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compensate for correct heal improve mend overhaul patch rebuild recover rectify refurbish remedy renovate retrieve revamp revive
STRONG
darn debug doctor emend recondition redress reform refresh rejuvenate remediate renew retread right settle sew square
WEAK
do up fiddle with give a face-lift make good make up for patch up put in order put right touch up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
break damage decline destroy harm hurt injure ruin weaken worsen
STRONG
kill upset
WEAK
maintain remain spoil stay wreck

Example Sentences

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But then those hearts were put back together in a penalty shootout for the ages, which Town won 12-11.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Along with Carnival and the city’s festivals, Bourbon taught me what a crowd of strangers could be good for: My everyday self could be deconstructed, connected to others, and then put back together, somehow nourished.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

Where is golf headed, and how does it get put back together?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

There are things we can never put back together once they are gone.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Covadonga had been taken apart and put back together with other pieces so many times that it barely ran.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende