継つぎ合あわせる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

join together; patch together; piece together

Used for physically joining separate pieces into one whole, such as fabric, wood, or fragments. Also used figuratively for assembling parts of a story or plan.

• 布ぬのを継つぎ合あわせて大おおきなテーブルクロスを作つくった。

  I pieced together pieces of cloth to make a large tablecloth.

• 彼かれは断だん片ぺん的てきな情じょう報ほうを継つぎ合あわせて事じ件けんの全ぜん容ようを解かい明めいした。

  He pieced together fragmentary information to clarify the whole picture of the incident.