knock together
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The virtue of the manhattan is its simplicity; even a distracted bartender can knock together a decent one.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2021
A list of events and scenes was given to Roald Dahl, who had never written a proper screenplay before, to knock together into a story.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2012
And then it’s back home, where I can knock together pan-roasted cauliflower in about 20 minutes.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2011
There the Constitution is not a civic icon but a messy series of collisions that knock together the arrangements of the nation's life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Altogether it is unsatisfactory, and one does not wonder than many men prefer to knock together bark shelters.
From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward
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