piece out

piece out
{v.} 1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch. * /They pieced out a meal from leftovers./ * /He pieced out the machine with scrap parts./ * /The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a clue there, and a hint somewhere else./ 2. To make larger or longer by adding one or more pieces. * /The girl grew so fast that her mother had to piece out her dresses./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • piece out — To eke out • • • Main Entry: ↑piece …   Useful english dictionary

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  • piece\ out — v 1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch. They pieced out a meal from leftovers. He pieced out the machine with scrap parts. The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a clue there, and a …   Словарь американских идиом

  • piece out — put together piece by piece in order to receive a complete picture …   English contemporary dictionary

  • piece out — verb a) To increase or complete by adding one or more pieces. She pieced out a meal for three from what was in the cupboard. b) To lay out or present possible components of a whole. He pieced out what he knew from the witnesses …   Wiktionary

  • take a piece out of someone — take a piece out of (someone) Australian, informal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Jill just took a piece out of Ben for being late again …   New idioms dictionary

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  • piece — /pees/, n., v., pieced, piecing. n. 1. a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. 2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. 3. a more or… …   Universalium

  • piece — [[t]pis[/t]] n. v. pieced, piec•ing 1) a limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land[/ex] 2) a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a piece of lumber[/ex] 3) a portion or quantity of a whole: a piece …   From formal English to slang

  • piece — /pis / (say pees) noun 1. a limited portion or quantity, of something: a piece of land. 2. a quantity of some substance or material forming a mass or body. 3. one of the more or less definite parts or portions into which something may be divided …  

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