Fix

  • 101fix up — {v. phr.} 1. To repair. * /The school is having the old gym fixed up./ 2. To arrange. * /I think I can fix it up with the company so that John gets the transfer he desires. /3. To arrange a date that might lead to a romance or even to marriage. * …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 102fix — Fettling Fet tling, n. 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] Note: [It is commonly called {fix} in the United States.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 103fix up — transitive verb Date: 1764 1. refurbish < fix up the attic > 2. to set right ; settle < fixed up their dispute > 3. to provide with something needed or wanted; especially to arrange a date for …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 104fix up — verb a) To provide (someone) (with something); to furnish. Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night? b) To repair or refurbish. Ive been fixing up the boat for the holidays …

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  • 105fix on — phr verb Fix on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye, ↑gaze …

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  • 106fix up — phr verb Fix up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑drip …

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  • 107fix up — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, adjust, adorn, arrange, arrange matters, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, brew, bring to terms, bring together, clean up, clear for action, clear the decks, clear up, cobble, color, commission,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 108Fix — 1. arrange matters, especially privately or dishonestly, so as to secure favourable action: fix a jury or a game ; 2. put in a condition or position to make no further trouble; 3. get even with; get revenge upon; 4. shot of heroin or some other&#8230; …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 109fix — Australian Slang 1. arrange matters, especially privately or dishonestly, so as to secure favourable action: fix a jury or a game ; 2. put in a condition or position to make no further trouble; 3. get even with; get revenge upon; 4. shot of&#8230; …

    English dialects glossary

  • 110fix — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stabilize, establish; repair, adjust, mend; settle, decide; place; fasten; prepare; slang, bribe; informal, spay, castrate. See stability, restoration, junction, certainty, location, density. n.,&#8230; …

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