fix up
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fix up
verb fixes up · fixing up · fixed up
- To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.
- 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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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
- To prepare or provide (something). His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight.
- To get one's act together; to sort oneself out. Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark.
- To settle up with; reimburse. "If you don't fix me up I'll report you and have your whole shop raided.”
- To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone.
- 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
| Deutsch | versorgen, ausstatten |
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verb to repair or refurbish
| Français | réparer |
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| Deutsch | herrichten, reparieren, ausbessern, aufbessern, überarbeiten, renovieren |
verb to prepare or provide something
| Deutsch | vorbereiten, fertig machen, arrangieren, versorgen |
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