KK63

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

DARE Data Summary by Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.