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.

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So, MacDonough enlisted the help of the Texas Rangers and began piecing together what happened to Livye. —

Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025 The 2021 Showtime anthology series pieced together footage from movies that are now in the public domain. —

Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2025 Two new videos have been released in relation to Wednesday's Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas as investigators try to piece together what caused an active-duty U.S. Army soldier to kill himself and then blow up the electric pick-up truck. —

Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025 Bit by bit, Kevin pieced together a life that accommodated schizophrenia. —

Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for piece together

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