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stitch sth/sb up
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to join the two sides of something with stitches, for example torn clothing or a deep cut, or to treat someone who has a deep cut by doing this
• I've ripped my trousers - can you stitch them up for me?
• After giving birth, she was stitched up by a junior doctor., stitch sth together
[ M ] informal disapproving
to create or form something quickly or roughly
• Britain is likely to stitch together some sort of political deal to avoid a confrontation.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun in sewing ADJ. blanket, chain, cross, running, seam, tacking, zigzag, etc. VERB + STITCH do, put, sew (sth) with Can you do chain stitch? Put a stitch in the corner of the pocket to keep it in place. The edge was sewn with blanket stitch. | remove, take out in knitting ADJ. knitted | cable, garter, plain, purl, slip, stocking, tuck, etc. VERB + STITCH knit | cast on, cast off | drop, pick up in a wound ADJ. dissolvable, dissolving, self-dissolving VERB + STITCH have I had to have five stitches when I cut my finger. | insert, put in | remove, take out | have out When are you having your stitches out? STITCH + VERB dissolve PREP. ~ in He had twenty stitches in a head wound.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary