fixes up

Definition of fixes upnext
present tense third-person singular of fix up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixes up
Verb
  • Be that city that adapts, moves forward, builds and rebuilds, figures it out, gets big things done.
    Gia Biagi, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • While Miami has had their share of teardowns and rebuilds, the team won World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The shooting prompted protests over police use of force, and calls for police to stop foot pursuits altogether until the department overhauls its chase policies.
    CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Four times a year, the crew overhauls the seasonal drink menu.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One of the most expensive costs around Colorado is around housing, not just the cost of renting but also repairs.
    Mekialaya White, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • It's formulated with the label's game-changing Alpha Keratin 60KU, which nourishes the scalp, repairs damage, and reinforces hair strength.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The doc, directed by Simone Manetti and produced by Italy’s Ganesh productions and Domenico Procacci‘s Fandango, reconstructs the still ongoing quest for judicial truth about the kidnapping, torture and murder of Regeni.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The system, called HEAPGrasp, reconstructs object shapes using only visual outlines captured through an RGB camera, enabling robots to reliably identify and grasp objects regardless of their optical properties.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This element aids the MEU with support such as medical and dental assistance, motor transport, supply, equipment maintenance and landings.
    George Petras, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Sleep aids all work to help relax your body and improve your sleep in different ways.
    Kirstyn Hill, Health, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Candidate mission patches for the inaugural flight suggest that Mengzhou, which features a low-Earth orbit variant designed to carry six or seven astronauts and another to take three to low lunar orbit, could rendezvous with or fly alongside China’s Tiangong space station.
    Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Flight controllers in Houston flipped their mission patches over to signify the return leg.
    Marcia Dunn, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Nothing cures a style rut quite like a little color blocking.
    Amanda Le, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The movie, a result of Cook’s wild imagination and British legends, is a horror fantasy drama set in 1893 about Betty Lutey (Beatie Edney), while barred from studying medicine, cures someone with Tuberculosis with a mermaid’a cursed pearl comb.
    James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After her godson doctors her résumé, Maya lands a C-suite job at a beauty company and almost immediately makes an enemy out of the boss’ daughter.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Fixes up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixes%20up. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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