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Verb: patch up
  1. Mend by putting a patch on
    "patch up a hole";
    - patch
     
  2. Restore friendly relations after a disagreement or conflict
    "After arguing, the sisters finally patch upd and hugged";
    - reconcile, make up, conciliate [archaic], settle

Derived forms: patching up, patches up, patched up

Type of: agree, bushel [US], concord, concur, doctor [informal], fix, hold, mend, repair