piece together
phrasal verb
pieced together; piecing together; pieces together
: to make (something) by bringing together various parts or pieces
She pieced the quilt together from scraps of old cloth.
: to bring together (various parts or pieces) to form one complete thing
The police had to piece together reports from several witnesses to get an accurate account of what happened.
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Detectives on Saturday said Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, were taken into custody after weeks of tracking leads, reviewing surveillance footage and piecing together digital evidence.
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Across Gaza, education has been displaced into makeshift tents or broken classrooms, where teachers try to piece together lessons between interruptions.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Homicide investigators are piecing together the chain of events that led to a fatal shooting Friday night in a south Sacramento neighborhood.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Across Gaza, education has been displaced into makeshift tents or broken classrooms, where teachers try to piece together lessons between interruptions.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Homicide investigators are piecing together the chain of events that led to a fatal shooting Friday night in a south Sacramento neighborhood.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Piece together.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piece%20together. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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