piece out
verb- To increase or complete by adding one or more pieces. · She pieced out a meal for three from what was in the cupboard.
- To lay out or present possible components of a whole. · He pieced out what he knew from the witnesses.
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This did not seem to encourage the witness at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in his confusion he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread-and-butter.
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