fix up

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fix up

verb fixes up · fixing up · fixed up

  1. ambitransitive, informal To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.
  2. transitive, usually, with with 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?
  3. transitive To repair or refurbish. I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.

    Similar: amend, correct, fix, fix up, furbish, retrieve, make whole, mend, patch, put to rights, rectify, recondition

  4. informal, transitive To prepare or provide (something). His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight.
  5. Multicultural London English, 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.
  6. dated, slang To settle up with; reimburse. "If you don't fix me up I'll report you and have your whole shop raided.”
  7. slang, transitive To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone.
  8. intransitive, 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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verb to provide someone with something

Deutschversorgen, ausstatten

verb to repair or refurbish

Françaisréparer
Deutschherrichten, reparieren, ausbessern, aufbessern, überarbeiten, renovieren

verb to prepare or provide something

Deutschvorbereiten, fertig machen, arrangieren, versorgen

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@misc{fix_up_2026,
  title = {fix up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fix%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}