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

That's when Albom, who's Jewish, began fixing up a Christian orphanage run by an elderly pastor. —Denise Schrier Cetta, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026

Vera, who was born and raised in northeast Los Angeles, grew up watching her dad and cousins fixing up their cars in the lowrider scene of 1990s Los Angeles. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026

L3Harris, a major defense contractor, reportedly got a classified deal to fix up the craft, but the Defense Department hasn’t confirmed that or revealed the value of the contract. —Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2026

It was designed to acquire middle- and low-income apartment complexes on floating rate loans for properties that were underperforming with the promise they could be fixed up, marketed and better managed to return more profit before being sold off at a premium. —Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 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