piece together

phrasal verb

pieced together; piecing together; pieces together

: to make (something) by bringing together various parts or pieces

She pieced the quilt together from scraps of old cloth.

: to bring together (various parts or pieces) to form one complete thing

The police had to piece together reports from several witnesses to get an accurate account of what happened.

Examples of piece together in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It was first pieced together in New Orleans by the cornetist King Buddy Bolden, who was born the year Reconstruction ended, and who drew on both the Blues traditions of Black evangelical churches and the ragtime of French-speaking Creole Black musicians. —Elizabeth Alexander, Time, 1 Apr. 2025

Wear each piece together as a set, or mix and match with other bikini tops and bottoms in your closet. —Averi Baudler, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025

As faux-fur weather makes way for random pockets of sun and bursts of rain, Zendaya has pieced together the sartorial cheat code for transitional dressing. —Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025

Now they’ve been called back into action to take down Manticore, all while trying to piece together their former lives. —Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for piece together

• aether
• gether
• heather
• leather
• nether
• tether
• weather
• wether
• whether
• altogether