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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Thankfully, Joel listens a little better this time, cautiously compliments her tattoo, and asks for a few days to fix up her new living space. EW.com, 19 May 2025 Instead, investors want to hear how the second quarter — usually its highest revenue period each fiscal year — is shaping up as people plant gardens, fix up their lawns and embark on other summer projects. Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 18 May 2025 Her kids come back and suddenly the farmhouse fixer-upper has been fixed up. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025 The Parks Department and Donoghue put out a request for bidders to fix up and run Wollman, but the answer is sitting right in the park. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 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 30 May. 2025.

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