repair to
verb
repaired to; repairing to; repairs to
old-fashioned + formal
: to go to (a place)
After dinner, the guests repaired to the drawing room for coffee.
—sometimes used humorouslyShall we repair to the coffee shop?
Examples of repair to in a Sentence
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Ng wondered if some of the buildings could be repaired to allow some residents to return, though his parents were already considering the government’s offer of an apartment elsewhere.
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Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Ng wondered if some of the buildings could be repaired to allow some residents to return, though his parents were already considering the government’s offer of an apartment elsewhere.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
After all, cleaning is the objective, not damaging the exterior only to end up with costly repairs to your home or your landscaping.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
Adding the cost to remove the dams, pales to the cost of ongoing maintenance or potential critical repairs to fix dams that no longer have a critical function.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
During his own career, Grunsfeld made five space-shuttle trips and performed almost 60 hours of space-walk missions, including crucial repairs to the Hubble telescope.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Such issues included fuel and helium leaks that required additional repairs to the Space Launch System rocket.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Woods has undergone dozens of surgeries, including repairs to his left knee, his Achilles tendons and his back, since the start of his career in the early 90s.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
And with further refinement, they could be put to use in applications ranging from precision tissue repair to environmental cleanup.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026
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Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Ng wondered if some of the buildings could be repaired to allow some residents to return, though his parents were already considering the government’s offer of an apartment elsewhere.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
After all, cleaning is the objective, not damaging the exterior only to end up with costly repairs to your home or your landscaping.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
Adding the cost to remove the dams, pales to the cost of ongoing maintenance or potential critical repairs to fix dams that no longer have a critical function.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
During his own career, Grunsfeld made five space-shuttle trips and performed almost 60 hours of space-walk missions, including crucial repairs to the Hubble telescope.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Such issues included fuel and helium leaks that required additional repairs to the Space Launch System rocket.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Woods has undergone dozens of surgeries, including repairs to his left knee, his Achilles tendons and his back, since the start of his career in the early 90s.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
And with further refinement, they could be put to use in applications ranging from precision tissue repair to environmental cleanup.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Repair to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repair%20to. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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