🗓️ Idiom: Patch Things Up (v)
💬 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: Patch Things Up
They resolved their differences and became friends again.
Answer
They patched things up and became friends again.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
