Sekirov Dictionary

fix up

verb 8
fix-up noun 2
forms 4

verb8

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To repair or refurbish.
- I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.
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(informal) To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling.
- Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night?
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(informal) To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
- I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.
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(informal) To prepare or provide (something).
- His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight.
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(slang) To get one's act together; to sort oneself out.
- Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark. — 2003
(slang) To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin; to provide a drug (often alcoholic drink) to someone addicted to it.
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(slang, old-fashioned) To settle up with; reimburse.
- "If you don't fix me up I'll report you and have your whole shop raided.” — 1906
(slang) To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone.

fix-up noun2

A repair; an act of mending.
A novel created from (possibly unrelated, and possibly previously published) pieces of short fiction.

forms

fixed up · fixing up · fixes up · fix-ups

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