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to piece together
[phrase form: piece]
01
to create something by joining separate parts or elements
Transitive: to piece together sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
together
Base verb
piece
Present tense
piece together
3rd person singular
pieces together
Present participle
piecing together
Past simple
pieced together
Past participle
pieced together
Examples
The curator worked to piece together the damaged artwork.
02
to attempt to understand a situation by putting different information together
Transitive: to piece together a situation
Examples
After talking to several witnesses, she managed to piece the story together and understand what had really happened.
