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

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The two men were next-door neighbors in a Tampa subdivision, where Finley sometimes helped Chandler fix up his car, Finley’s wife told officers with the Tampa Police Department. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025 He or she — nobody’s sure till a DNA test is done — is the offspring of two birds who were fixed up on their first date here in the Bronx. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 May 2025 The show featured celebrities — including James Marsden, Octavia Spencer and Mary J. Blige — fixing up old cars and gifting them to important people in their lives. Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 June 2025 In short, to fix up the plant in order to keep it open would be costly. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fix up

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fix up was in 1764

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“Fix up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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