patch

/pætʃ/ verb [T]

Translation

› to repair a hole in a piece of clothing or other material by sewing a piece of material over it

yamamak, yama yapmak, yama yaparak kapatmak

to patch your trousers1900

patch sth up phrasal verb

› to try to improve your relationship with someone after you have had an argument

tatlıya bağlamak, aradaki buzları eritmek, yatıştırmak, arayı bulmak

Has he managed to patch things up with her?1900

(Definition of patch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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