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
The buildings were made by a partial prefabrication technique which enabled a crew of ten men to knock together walls and roof in three hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your knees knock together like a man who sees a collector for an installment house.
From Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie by Stone, Barney
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