to understand a story, situation, etc. by taking all the facts and details about it and putting them together
Example:
- Police are trying to piece together the last hours of her life.
- The account of their journey has been pieced together from personal letters and diaries.
to put all the separate parts of something together to make a complete whole
Example:
- to piece together a jigsaw
- She tried to piece together the cheque which he had just torn up.
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