fix someone's clock

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fix someone's clock

verb fixes someone's clock · fixing someone's clock · fixed someone's clock

Synonym of clean someone's clock. High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.
Similar: clean someone's clock

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@misc{fix_someone_s_clock_2026,
  title = {fix someone's clock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fix%20someone's%20clock},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}