patch-up

'..as long as you don't patch-up.'

My car would be safe below while I did a patch-up job on the script.

So I went out to fix it, but it was a patch-up job.

This isn't your standard asteroid patch-up job, son.

You want to patch-up with her, don't you?

'..as long as you don't patch-up.'

My car would be safe below while I did a patch-up job on the script.

So I went out to fix it, but it was a patch-up job.

This isn't your standard asteroid patch-up job, son.

You want to patch-up with her, don't you?

"Bastian settled in front of the patched-up gnome hovel,

Do you think it can be prevented by a woman of inferior birth whose own sister's elopement resulted in a scandalously patched-up marriage only achieved at the expense of your uncle.

I can't have her married to a patched-up job that may not hold together.

I don't want a patched-up, instant-pity excuse for a face.

She's a spoiled daughter of a high-minded storekeeper who thinks that farmers like us are no better than stray livestock. And if you think that you're going to impress her with your patched-up trousers and your manure-covered boots, then you're a bigger fool than l thought!