jumble something together

jumble something together
jumble something together
to assemble something clumsily and hastily. •

They just jumbled some holiday decorations together. It really wasn't very well done.

I hope this airplane wasn't jumbled together as badly as this meal.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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