to become friends with someone again after a disagreement
to give basic medical treatment to someone who is injured
to repair something, often quickly and not very well
"Scout out someplace we can sleep tonight while you folks patch up the wounded as best you can.
Apparently, they’ve since patched things up with their father.
Isn’t it time you two patched it up?
The meeting was intended to patch up relations between the two sides.
The nurses managed to patch her up temporarily.
The road needs resurfacing, not just patching up.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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