fix up

verb

fixed up; fixing up; fixes up

transitive verb

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

Examples of fix up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some villages that stood on the front line are so badly smashed that only a few families have been able to come back and fix up their homes. —Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024

This prompted the couple to invite the series to focus on the three months (and twice the initial budget) involved in fixing up the Los Angeles abode. —Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 May 2024

Villagers begin to fix up their buildings and open new enterprises. —Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2024

Harris, who is also a minister, had a dream of fixing up the block but didn't have any properties then. —Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2024

Brown said her family believes the elevated lead levels may have come from a house her parents had fixed up. —Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024

In addition to a new roof or impact windows, PACE could now cover elevating homes because of flood risk, fixing up a seawall and something long sought by Miami-Dade County — septic to sewer conversions. —Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024

Americans poured money into fixing up their properties at the same time. —Brian Cheung, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024

Kouri's family says Eric was on board with the plan to fix up the house and sell it for a large profit. —Emma Steele, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1