Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) to repair by adding a patch. 2 (context idiomatic transitive English) to mend quickly 3 (context idiomatic figuratively English) to repair, to make better
WordNet
v. mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" [syn: patch]
come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, make up, conciliate, settle]
Usage examples of "patch up".
I paused to see Patch up at the top, leaning against a shoulder of rock and staring southwards.
When the tree surgeon got there to patch up the tree, Garth tossed his tools in the drink.
He put down his various bundles and held the patch up against the breast of his uniform's torso harness, over his heart, where the duty patch went.
Right after the Civil War my ancestors arrived and spent two futile lifetimes trying to make a decent living off that patch up there.
How am I supposed to patch up these rankweed suckers without working medical gear?
That's the stuff they keep in their lifeboats to patch up the injured—.
For a day and a half, then, Shoogar wandered around the village looking for things to do, amusing himself with minor spells here and there to patch up minor problems.
If something happens to her, it would take literally hours to patch up that hole in the plan.