Patch Things Up

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🗓️ Idiom: Patch Things Up (v)

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💬 Meaning

• To repair a relationship or fix a disagreement or conflict.
• It refers to resolving issues and restoring harmony between people after a dispute.

🧠 Example Sentences

• After their argument, they met for coffee to patch things up.
• The manager encouraged the two team members to patch things up before the next meeting.
• She tried to patch things up with her old friend after years of silence.

🏛️ Origin

Originally used in reference to sewing or fixing torn fabric, “patching things up” began to be used to describe mending emotional or social rifts in relationships.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

After the disagreement, they decided to meet and __________.

Answer

patch things up

2. Choose the correct meaning of “patch things up”:

A) To move to a new city
B) To fix or repair a relationship
C) To clean something thoroughly

Answer

B) To fix or repair a relationship

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“They resolved their differences and became friends again.” → Change the sentence using: patch things up

Answer

They patched things up and became friends again.

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ℹ️ Other Useful Pages
👉 Relationship and Networking Idioms
👉 Business English Idioms List

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