piece together

Idioms and Phrases

Join or combine parts into a whole, as in With information from several observers, she pieced together an account of what had actually taken place . [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

We can piece together some of his likely approach to different areas from both his comments on the campaign trail and his track record in office from 2017 to 2021.

From BBC

Because of that, the team had to find other ways to piece together the early outs in Tuesday’s game.

From Los Angeles Times

Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, helped the inquiry piece together the movements of Sergei and Yulia Skripal on March 4 2018.

From BBC

But after hundreds of those products were flagged in major listeria-related recalls recently, nervous consumers have been left to scour their refrigerators for potentially tainted food as government inspectors try to piece together how the problems began.

From Los Angeles Times

Joseph Blocher, a Duke University law professor, said Bruen forces lower-court judges to piece together historical puzzles without enough information or resources.

From Slate

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