fix up
verb
fixed up; fixing up; fixes up
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Dayna is unemployed and newly single, and an out-of-the-blue opportunity to fix up a dilapidated mansion into an influencer house seems like her ticket to a new life.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Typically aldermen can help steer TIF money toward a variety of infrastructure projects in their ward — fixing up roads, lighting, or rehabbing sites for other private developments to occur.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
This would both help combat the housing crisis while also allowing young athletes to learn more about fixing up houses.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Typically aldermen can help steer TIF money toward a variety of infrastructure projects in their ward — fixing up roads, lighting, or rehabbing sites for other private developments to occur.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
This would both help combat the housing crisis while also allowing young athletes to learn more about fixing up houses.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fix up
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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix%20up. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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