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

Neuroscientists are beginning to piece together a clearer picture of empathy’s neural origins. —Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024

Despite entering the night with losses in six of their previous nine games, and an NL West lead that had been trimmed to three games by the surging San Diego Padres, the Dodgers put all the pieces together in a momentum-shifting victory at Truist Park. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024

But families who lived closer were typically expected to piece together their own transportation. —Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024

Detectives finally put all the pieces together after taking Thomas in for questioning. —Sam Reed, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024