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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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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

Once put back together, I shot straight down the hill, not knowing how to turn or stop.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

"They look like they'd been broken and then badly put back together," he said.

From Reuters • Nov. 26, 2023

"I don't think I ever really got put back together," she says.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Those parts are put back together in new ways to make the sweetener in your soft drink or the starch in your hamburger roll.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan