fix up

Definitions

1. 1

   To provide (someone) with something

   To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.

   • I need someone to fix me up with a tent and some camping gear.
   • Ef you don't fix me up a rake-off I got to scrap roun' fer myself.
2. 2

   To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible…

   To set up a date or to introduce people, especially with the intention of a possible romantic or sexual coupling.

   • Can you fix me up with a date for Saturday night?
   • Please don't fix me up with any of your tycoons
   • Syl finally fixes Chris up with Candy, a school teacher. Of course, they hit it off instantly. They return home from a date, and before they can lock Candy's front door behind them, the two women are doing it on the rug.
3. 3

   To repair or refurbish.

   • I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.
   • Creech is flexible enough to hide inside of the old truck that Tripp is fixing up, and Tripp discovers that, with the right tweaking, the oil-guzzling Creech can actually power that truck from the inside.
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   1. 4

      To prepare or provide (something).

      • His mother will fix up a snack for the sleepover tonight.
      • Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!
   2. 5

      To get one's act together

      To get one's act together; to sort oneself out.

      • Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark.
   3. 6

      To settle up with

      To settle up with; reimburse.

      • "If you don't fix me up I'll report you and have your whole shop raided.”
      • I didn't extend credit to other kids, but after he'd become a regular customer he asked me to take some bets for which he'd fix me up later.
   4. 7

      To get an abortion

      To get an abortion; to procure an abortion for someone.

   5. 8

      To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin

      To do a dose of a drug, especially heroin; to provide a drug (often alcoholic drink) to someone addicted to it.

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