Don't just slap something together! Use care and do it right.
•You assembled this device very badly. It seems that you just slapped it together.
•John went into the kitchen to throw together something for dinner.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
throw something together — throw (something) together to create something quickly without preparation. We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat. It was one of those low cost movies that studios often throw together … New idioms dictionary
throw something together — If you throw something together, you make or produce something quickly and without effort. Why don t you stay for dinner I ll throw something together! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
throw something together — Go to knock something together … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
throw something together — make or produce something hastily, without careful planning or arrangement the meal was quickly thrown together at news of Rose s arrival * * * ˌthrow sthtoˈgether derived to make or produce sth in a hurry • I threw together a quick meal.… … Useful english dictionary
throw something together — make something hastily or without careful planning. → throw … English new terms dictionary
knock something together — AND throw something together tv. to assemble something such as a meal at the last moment. □ I’ll see if I can throw something together. CD I knocked together a vegetable dish at the last minute … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
throw together — throw (something) together to create something quickly without preparation. We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat. It was one of those low cost movies that studios often throw together … New idioms dictionary
cobble something together — PREPARE ROUGHLY/HASTILY, make roughly/hastily, throw together; improvise, contrive, rig (up), whip up; informal rustle up; Brit. informal knock up. → cobble * * * … Useful english dictionary
throw — throw1 W1S1 [θrəu US θrou] v past tense threw [θru:] past participle thrown [θrəun US θroun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(throw a ball/stone etc)¦ 2¦(put something carelessly)¦ 3¦(push roughly/violently)¦ 4¦(make somebody fall)¦ 5¦(move hands/head etc)¦ 6¦(confuse … Dictionary of contemporary English
throw — 1 verb past threw past participle thrown 1 THROW A BALL/STONE ETC (I, T) to make an object such as a ball move quickly through the air by moving your hand quickly: throw sth at/to/towards etc: Someone threw a stone at the car. | Cromartie throws… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
throw together — verb 1. produce shoddily, without much attention to detail • Syn: ↑fudge together • Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑make, ↑create • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2 … Useful english dictionary
