To do a clumsy or hurried job of repairing something: “It will never last—he just ________.”
| THREW IT TOGETHER | 378 |
| BOTCHED IT UP | 106 |
| SLAPPED IT TOGETHER | 92 |
| BOTCHED IT | 75 |
| THROWED IT TOGETHER | 32 |
| HALF-DID IT | 30 |
| PATCHED IT UP | 28 |
| COBBLED IT UP | 26 |
| MESSED IT UP | 19 |
| NR | 19 |
| STUCK IT TOGETHER | 18 |
| BUNGLED IT | 17 |
| DID A HALF-ASSED JOB | 11 |
| SLOPPED IT TOGETHER | 8 |
| HALF-DONE IT | 7 |
| COBBLED IT | 6 |
| DID A SLIPSHOD JOB | 6 |
| KNOCKED IT TOGETHER | 6 |
| PATCHED IT | 6 |
| GAVE IT A LICK AND A PROMISE | 5 |
| PUT IT TOGETHER | 5 |
| THREW IT UP | 5 |
| TOGGLED IT UP | 5 |
| DID A BUM JOB | 4 |
| DID A MAKESHIFT JOB | 4 |
| DID A SLOPPY JOB | 4 |
| HALFWAY DID IT | 4 |
| MADE A MESS | 4 |
| PATCHED IT TOGETHER | 4 |
| RUSHED IT | 4 |
| TACKED IT TOGETHER | 4 |
| BLOTCHED IT | 3 |
| DID A HALF-ASS JOB | 3 |
| DID IT HAPHAZARD | 3 |
| DID IT HIT AND MISS | 3 |
| DID IT SLIPSHOD | 3 |
| HUNG IT TOGETHER | 3 |
| LOUSED IT UP | 3 |
| MADE A BOTCH OF IT | 3 |
| MAKESHIFT | 3 |
| MESSED OVER IT | 3 |
| PUSHED IT TOGETHER | 3 |
| RUSHED THROUGH IT | 3 |
| SLAMMED IT TOGETHER | 3 |
| WASTED HIS TIME | 3 |
| WHACKED IT TOGETHER | 3 |
| BUNGLED | 2 |
| BUNGLED THE JOB | 2 |
| BUTCHERED IT UP | 2 |
| CLOBBERED IT UP | 2 |
| COBBLED IT TOGETHER | 2 |
| DID A BOTCHED JOB | 2 |
| DID A HALFWAY JOB | 2 |
| DID A HAPHAZARD JOB | 2 |
| DID A POOR JOB | 2 |
| DID A ROUGH JOB | 2 |
| DID A SLAP-DASH JOB | 2 |
| FLUNG IT TOGETHER | 2 |
| GAUMED IT UP | 2 |
| GLUED IT TOGETHER | 2 |
| IT’S JERRY-BUILT | 2 |
| MADE A BUM JOB OF IT | 2 |
| MADE A MESS OF IT | 2 |
| MAKESHIFT JOB | 2 |
| MESSED IT | 2 |
| MUFFED IT | 2 |
| NAILED IT TOGETHER | 2 |
| PATCH IT UP | 2 |
| SCHUSSELED OVER IT | 2 |
| SKIMPED IT | 2 |
| SLAPPED IT ON | 2 |
| SLAPPED IT THROUGH | 2 |
| SLOPPED IT | 2 |
| TIED IT TOGETHER | 2 |
| WIRED IT TOGETHER | 2 |
| ZIPPED THROUGH IT | 2 |
| BARELY PUT IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| BATCHED IT UP | 1 |
| BLOTCHED HER UP | 1 |
| BLOTCHED IT UP | 1 |
| BOBBLED IT UP | 1 |
| BOGGLED IT | 1 |
| BOLLIXED IT | 1 |
| BOLLIXED IT UP | 1 |
| BOLLIXED UP THE JOB | 1 |
| BOTCH JOB | 1 |
| BOTCH THE JOB | 1 |
| BOTCHED | 1 |
| BOTCHED IT IN | 1 |
| BOTCHED THE JOB | 1 |
| BUMMED IT UP | 1 |
| BUMPED IT UP | 1 |
| BUNGLED HIS JOB | 1 |
| BUNGLED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| BUTCHERED IT | 1 |
| CAN’T MAKE IT HOLD | 1 |
| CLOBBERED IT | 1 |
| COB IT UP | 1 |
| COBBLED | 1 |
| DID A BOTCH JOB | 1 |
| DID A BOTCHED-UP JOB | 1 |
| DID A BOTCH-UP JOB | 1 |
| DID A BOTCHY JOB | 1 |
| DID A HALF-ASS JOB ON IT | 1 |
| DID A HARUM-SCARUM JOB | 1 |
| DID A HODGE-PODGE JOB | 1 |
| DID A HURRY-UP JOB | 1 |
| DID A JACKLEG JOB | 1 |
| DID A LOUSY JOB | 1 |
| DID A MAKESHIFT OF IT | 1 |
| DID A MICKEY-MOUSE JOB | 1 |
| DID A PATCH JOB | 1 |
| DID A POOR JOB IN IT | 1 |
| DID A RUSH JOB | 1 |
| DID A SHODDY JOB | 1 |
| DID A SHOTGUN JOB | 1 |
| DID A SHYSTER JOB | 1 |
| DID A SLOPPED-UP JOB | 1 |
| DID A TERRIBLE JOB OF IT | 1 |
| DID HALF A JOB | 1 |
| DID IT CARELESSLY | 1 |
| DID IT HALF-ASSED BACKWARDS | 1 |
| DID IT HALFWAY | 1 |
| DID IT HELTER-SKELTER | 1 |
| DID IT HIT OR MISS | 1 |
| DID IT IN A HURRY | 1 |
| DID IT IN SUCH A SLIPSHOD WAY | 1 |
| DID IT IN SUCH A SLOPPY WAY | 1 |
| DID IT MAKESHIFT | 1 |
| DID IT NIGGERY | 1 |
| DID IT POORLY | 1 |
| DID IT SHODDY | 1 |
| DID IT SO CARELESS | 1 |
| DID IT SO QUICK | 1 |
| DID PATCH WORK | 1 |
| DID SLOPPY | 1 |
| DIDN’T TAKE HIS TIME | 1 |
| DONE A BUM JOB | 1 |
| DONE A HELL OF A JOB | 1 |
| DONE A POOR JOB | 1 |
| DONE A SLAPHAPPY JOB | 1 |
| DONE A SLIPSHOD JOB | 1 |
| DONE IT HALFWAY | 1 |
| DONE IT ROUGHLY | 1 |
| DON’T CARE | 1 |
| DUTCHMAN-ED IT UP | 1 |
| FIXED IT FOR NOW | 1 |
| FIXED IT GOOD | 1 |
| FIXED IT HALF | 1 |
| FIXED IT TEMPORARY | 1 |
| FIXED IT–BUT GOOD | 1 |
| FLEW THROUGH IT | 1 |
| FLIED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| FLUBBED THINGS UP | 1 |
| FLUNKED IT | 1 |
| FOULED UP | 1 |
| FUMBLED THE JOB | 1 |
| FUMBLED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| GAVE IT A HIT AND A PROMISE | 1 |
| GAVE IT A LICK AND PROMISE | 1 |
| GIVE IT THE ONCE-OVER | 1 |
| GLOMMED IT UP | 1 |
| GLUED IT | 1 |
| GOBBLED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| GOBBLED IT UP | 1 |
| GOOFED IT | 1 |
| GOOFING UP | 1 |
| GOT BY | 1 |
| GUMMED IT UP | 1 |
| HALF-ASS JOB | 1 |
| HALF-ASSED | 1 |
| HALF-ASSED IT | 1 |
| HALF-DID THE JOB | 1 |
| HALF-FIXED IT | 1 |
| HALFWAY DONE IT | 1 |
| HAPHAZARD IT UP | 1 |
| HAYWIRED IT | 1 |
| HIT AND A MISS | 1 |
| HIT THE HIGH SPOTS | 1 |
| HOODLED IT | 1 |
| HOVE IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| HURRIED THE JOB | 1 |
| HURRIED THROUGH | 1 |
| HURRIED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| HURRIED THROUGH THE JOB | 1 |
| IT WAS A SLIPSHOD JOB | 1 |
| IT WON’T HOLD UP | 1 |
| IT’LL LAST AS LONG AS IT SHOULD | 1 |
| IT’S JUST HALF DONE | 1 |
| IT’S SHABBY | 1 |
| JACKLEG JOB | 1 |
| JERRY-BUILT IT | 1 |
| JUMBLED IT UP | 1 |
| KNOCKED THAT UP | 1 |
| LAID IT UP THERE | 1 |
| MADE A BOTCH OF THAT | 1 |
| MADE A STAB AT IT | 1 |
| MADE IT KAPULU | 1 |
| MANGLED | 1 |
| MENDED IT TEMPORARILY | 1 |
| MESSED AROUND | 1 |
| MESSED UP | 1 |
| MOBBLED IT | 1 |
| MOMMOCKED THE JOB | 1 |
| MUDDLED IT UP | 1 |
| NAILED | 1 |
| NIGGER WORK | 1 |
| NIGGERED IT | 1 |
| PASTED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| PATCHED IT UP AND DID A SLIPSHOD JOB | 1 |
| PATCHED UP | 1 |
| PATCHED UP JOB | 1 |
| PIDDLED AROUND WITH IT | 1 |
| PIECED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| PINNED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| PITCHED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| PLANKED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| PLUNDERED IT UP | 1 |
| POOR JOB | 1 |
| PUT IT TOGETHER IN A HURRY | 1 |
| PUT IT TOGETHER TEMPORARILY | 1 |
| PUT IT TOGETHER WITH CHEWING GUM | 1 |
| PUT IT TOGETHER WITH SPIT | 1 |
| PUT IT UP IN A HURRY | 1 |
| RACED THROUGH THE THING | 1 |
| RAMMED IT THROUGH | 1 |
| RAN THROUGH IT | 1 |
| ROUGHED IT IN | 1 |
| RUN THROUGH THE JOB | 1 |
| RUSHED IT UP | 1 |
| RUSHED OVER IT | 1 |
| RUSHED TOO MUCH | 1 |
| SCABBED IT OVER | 1 |
| SCHUSSELED THROUGH | 1 |
| SCRAMBLED IT THROUGH | 1 |
| SHOE-STRUNG IT | 1 |
| SHOTGUNNED IT | 1 |
| SKIMMED IT OVER | 1 |
| SKIMMED OVER IT | 1 |
| SKIPPED OVER IT | 1 |
| SLAPHAPPY | 1 |
| SLAPHAPPY JOB | 1 |
| SLAPPED IT | 1 |
| SLIGHTED IT | 1 |
| SLOP-ARTIST JOB | 1 |
| SLOPPED IT IN | 1 |
| SLOPPED IT THROUGH | 1 |
| SLOPPED THROUGH IT | 1 |
| SLOUCHED IT UP | 1 |
| SLUBBERED HIS WORK | 1 |
| SLUBBERED IT | 1 |
| SLUGGERED IT OVER | 1 |
| SLUMBERED OVER IT | 1 |
| SLUNG IT | 1 |
| STODGE IT UP | 1 |
| STUCK IT | 1 |
| STUCK IT TOGETHER WITH GLUE | 1 |
| TACKED IT | 1 |
| TACKED IT UP | 1 |
| TEMPORARILY FIXED IT | 1 |
| THAT WAS A HURRY-UP JOB | 1 |
| THAT’S A CARPENTER’S JOB | 1 |
| THREW THINGS TOGETHER | 1 |
| THROW IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| THROWED IT UP | 1 |
| THROWED THAT TOGETHER | 1 |
| THROWS IT AROUND | 1 |
| TINKERED IT UP | 1 |
| TOSSED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| WANTS TO GET BY | 1 |
| WASTED HIS FINE | 1 |
| WASTED TIME | 1 |
| WENT THROUGH THE MOTIONS | 1 |
| WENT THROUGH WITH IT | 1 |
| WHIPPED IT TOGETHER | 1 |
| WIRED IT UP | 1 |
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