fix up

verb

fixed up; fixing up; fixes up

transitive verb

1

: refurbish

fix up the attic

spent thousands fixing up the house

2

: to set right : settle

fixed up their dispute

3

: to provide with something needed or wanted

I can fix you up with nice used car.

especially : to arrange a date for

They want to fix me up with their cousin.

Examples of fix up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For example, Amherst––one of the industry’s major players––has fixed up some 58,000 homes, spending around $40,000 apiece on improvements, for a total investment of over $2 billion. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

It’s been fixed up and restored. —Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026

The trailer showed how Cumming and Morrissey’s characters become entangled when Cumming, a gay bar owner, employs Morrissey, a construction worker struggling to find work, to fix up his bar. —Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026

Back then, the neighborhood was mostly blue-collar families, but the demographics shifted as investors and more affluent families began buying and fixing up older homes. —Peter Blanchard, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for fix up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup