rig up

verb

1. tr, adverb to erect or construct, esp as a temporary measure

   cameras were rigged up to televise the event

Example Sentences

Far from Kabul, viewers rig up generators and attach televisions to car batteries to watch.

From The Daily Beast

The captain would study his watch and the sun, rig up dials and make out courses, and follow them without success.

From Project Gutenberg

I tried to rig up a longer flag-staff, as I thought the original one not high enough for its purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

The mechanical arrangements were absurdly easy to rig up, in all three cases, but the thinking of them——.

From Project Gutenberg

But he called to an attendant to rig up a similar bullock-skin and to spread mats, not even rugs, for his visitors.

From Project Gutenberg

Id sort of expect him to rig up a gallows and see justice done in good old mousquetaire fashion.

From Project Gutenberg