I. patch something/somebody ↔ up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ patch )
1 . to end an argument because you want to stay friendly with someone:
Try to patch up your differences before he leaves.
patch it/things up (with somebody)
He went back to patch things up with his wife.
2 . to repair a hole in something by putting a piece of something else over it:
We’ll have to patch up the hole in the roof.
3 . to give quick and basic medical treatment to someone who is hurt:
We patched up the wounded as best we could.
II. patch 2 BrE AmE ( also patch up ) verb [transitive + with]
to repair a hole in something by putting a piece of something else over it
patch something ↔ together phrasal verb
to make something quickly or carelessly from a number of different pieces or ideas:
A new plan was quickly patched together.
patch something/somebody ↔ up phrasal verb
1 . to end an argument because you want to stay friendly with someone:
Try to patch up your differences before he leaves.
patch it/things up (with somebody)
He went back to patch things up with his wife.
2 . to repair a hole in something by putting a piece of something else over it:
We’ll have to patch up the hole in the roof.
3 . to give quick and basic medical treatment to someone who is hurt:
We patched up the wounded as best we could.