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Phrase(s): throw something together [and] slap something together
to assemble or arrange something in haste. • Don’t just slap something together! Use care and do it right. • You assembled this device very badly. It seems that you just slapped it together. • John went into the kitchen to throw together something for dinner., Phrase(s): throw people together
to bring or put two or more people together. • The crisis threw complete strangers together, and they became fast friends before it was over. • They were thrown together by fate.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Assemble hurriedly, as in I just threw together some salad and took it along. [Early 1700s] 2. Cause to associate, as in Their parents were always throwing the young couple together hoping they would like each other. [Early 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms